Asia Minor Campaign of Greece

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Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) military campaign

The Asia Minor Campaign of Greece was a post-World War I military expedition by Greece into western Anatolia, driven by irredentist ambitions to unite Greek-populated territories with the Greek state, which ended in a catastrophic defeat and the 1922 population exchanges.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Asia Minor Campaign	8
Asia Minor Campaign of Greece canonical	1
Asia Minor Campaign period	1
Greek campaign in Asia Minor	1
Μικρασιατική Εκστρατεία	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8229085 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asia Minor Campaign of Greece
Context triple: [Greek nationalism, influenced, Asia Minor Campaign of Greece]

A. Corinth campaign
The Corinth campaign was a series of Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War aimed at capturing the strategically vital railroad junction of Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862.
B. Aetolian campaign
The Aetolian campaign was a failed military expedition led by the Athenian general Demosthenes during the Peloponnesian War, marked by difficult terrain, fierce local resistance, and heavy Athenian losses.
C. Greek Campaign
The Greek Campaign was a World War II Allied operation in 1941 in which British Commonwealth and Greek forces attempted to defend Greece from Axis invasion.
D. Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
E. Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor
The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor was Alexander the Great’s initial large-scale offensive against the Persian Empire, marking the beginning of his conquest of Asia.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Asia Minor Campaign of Greece
Target entity description: The Asia Minor Campaign of Greece was a post-World War I military expedition by Greece into western Anatolia, driven by irredentist ambitions to unite Greek-populated territories with the Greek state, which ended in a catastrophic defeat and the 1922 population exchanges.

A. Corinth campaign
The Corinth campaign was a series of Union operations in the Western Theater of the American Civil War aimed at capturing the strategically vital railroad junction of Corinth, Mississippi, in 1862.
B. Aetolian campaign
The Aetolian campaign was a failed military expedition led by the Athenian general Demosthenes during the Peloponnesian War, marked by difficult terrain, fierce local resistance, and heavy Athenian losses.
C. Greek Campaign
The Greek Campaign was a World War II Allied operation in 1941 in which British Commonwealth and Greek forces attempted to defend Greece from Axis invasion.
D. Sicilian Expedition
The Sicilian Expedition was a massive Athenian military campaign against Syracuse in Sicily (415–413 BCE) that ended in catastrophic defeat and marked a major turning point in the Peloponnesian War.
E. Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor
The Macedonian invasion of Asia Minor was Alexander the Great’s initial large-scale offensive against the Persian Empire, marking the beginning of his conquest of Asia.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Asia Minor Campaign ⓘ linked to: Asia Minor Campaign of Greece Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 ⓘ linked to: Turkish War of Independence Greek campaign in Asia Minor ⓘ linked to: Asia Minor Campaign of Greece
belligerent	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Turkish National Movement ⓘ linked to: Turkish nationalist forces
cause	Treaty of Sèvres arrangements ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Sèvres power vacuum after World War I in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
commandedBy	Anastasios Papoulas ⓘ Georgios Hatzianestis ⓘ Greek High Command ⓘ
consequence	Asia Minor Catastrophe ⓘ Greco-Turkish population exchange of 1923 ⓘ Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ consolidation of the Turkish nation-state ⓘ end of the Megali Idea as official Greek policy ⓘ large influx of Greek refugees into mainland Greece ⓘ
drivenBy	Greek irredentism ⓘ Megali Idea ⓘ linked to: Megali Idea doctrine
endDate	1922-09 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed	authorization by Allied Powers ⓘ
location	Asia Minor ⓘ Smyrna ⓘ western Anatolia ⓘ linked to: Western Anatolia
notableBattle	Battle of Dumlupınar ⓘ Battle of Sakarya ⓘ
notableEvent	Greek landing at Smyrna ⓘ linked to: Allied occupation of Smyrna
objective	annexation of Greek-populated territories in Asia Minor ⓘ occupation of Smyrna and its hinterland ⓘ
opponent	forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
opposedBy	Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
partOf	dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ post-World War I conflicts ⓘ
relatedEvent	Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ Turkish War of Independence ⓘ World War I ⓘ
result	burning of Smyrna ⓘ catastrophic defeat of Greece ⓘ decisive Turkish victory ⓘ mass flight of Greek civilians from Asia Minor ⓘ retreat of Greek army from Asia Minor ⓘ
startDate	1919-05-15 ⓘ
supportedBy	France (initially) ⓘ linked to: France Italy (initially) ⓘ linked to: Italy United Kingdom ⓘ

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