The Army of Thrace ( el, Στρατιά Θράκης) was a
field army of the
Hellenic Army
The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is th ...
in 1920–1922. It was created out of the
National Defence Army Corps
The Army of National Defence ( el, Στρατός Εθνικής Αμύνης) was the military force of the Provisional Government of National Defence, a pro- Allied government led by Eleftherios Venizelos in Thessaloniki in 1916–17, against the ...
on 3 June 1920, and proceeded to occupy
Eastern Thrace
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, defeating the local
Ottoman forces led by
Djafer Tayyar. Following
defeat and evacuation of the
Army of Asia Minor The Army of Asia Minor ( el, Στρατιά Μικράς Ασίας, links=no) was the field army-level command controlling the Greek forces in Asia Minor (Anatolia) during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922.
History
1919
Following the Gree ...
from
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The ...
in August 1922, and the
Armistice of Mudanya
The Armistice of Mudanya (in Turkish: ''Mudanya Mütarekesi'') was an agreement between Turkey (the Grand National Assembly of Turkey) on the one hand, and Italy, France, and Britain on the other hand, signed in the Ottoman town of Mudanya, in t ...
, the Army evacuated Eastern Thrace in October 1922. Along with the remnants of the Army of Asia Minor, it was reformed into the
Army of the Evros in December 1922.
Sources
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Evros
Eastern Thrace
Western Thrace
Military units and formations established in 1920
Military units and formations disestablished in 1922
Military units and formations of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
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