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Topic: Today in history Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 06:53 |
Battle of Manzikert, August 26, 1071AD
Byzantine army under emperor Romanus IV Diogenes suffers the worst defear in its history to the Seljuk Turks, near Manzikert, in Anatolia.
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 07:11 |
On August the 26th, 55 BC, Julius Caesar attemps the first Roman Invasion of what was then known to them as Brittania.
On the same day in 1346, the Battle of Crecy was fought.
And 1883, Mt. Krakatoa erupted.
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 09:26 |
Beggining of the Battle of Kocatepe, Turkish Independence War.
26 August 1922 06.30
Sides: Turkish Forces Chief of Staff Mustafa Kemal
Greek Forces Chief of Staff Stephanu Hacianesti
The final battle between the Turks and the Greeks. The invading Greek army is annihilated in the fields of Western Anatolia during the following 4 days. Final battle is the Battle of Chief of Staff on August 30 where the main Greek army is blown to pieces near Dumlupinar. That date is celebrated as the day of victory in Turkey every year.
Following the miserable defeat of the Greek army, the cease-fire of Mudanya is signed followed by the treaty of Lausanne which was a milestone in the history of modern Turkey.
"Come out Hacianesti and save your armies"
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk/August 26 1922
"Who told you to come here, my poor boy"
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk expressing his concern about the Greek soldiers who died on the fields of Kocatepe. Witnesses reported that he asked an aide to lift a Greek flag from the ground. Also when he entered the Mayors house in Izmir after liberation, the hosts had placed a Greek flag near the entrance so that he could step on it. The hosts asked him to do as the Greek king did when he first entered the house in 1920. He refused and said "He might have disrespected a nations sovereignty, but I will not, lift the flag from the ground and clean it"
No offense Greek friends,it was history...we all had our mistakes
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 10:19 |
Originally posted by Gallipoli
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk/August 26 1922
"Who told you to come here, my poor boy"
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk expressing his concern about the Greek soldiers who died on the fields of Kocatepe. Witnesses reported that he asked an aide to lift a Greek flag from the ground. |
Originally posted by Gallipoli
Also when he entered the Mayors house in Izmir after liberation, the hosts had placed a Greek flag near the entrance so that he could step on it. The hosts asked him to do as the Greek king did when he first entered the house in 1920. He refused and said "He might have disrespected a nations sovereignty, but I will not, lift the flag from the ground and clean it" |
Originally posted by Gallipoli
No offense Greek friends,it was history...we all had our mistakes |
But of course, both the above two quotes sound very historical to me!
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 10:22 |
What do you mean?
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 10:46 |
That they're anecdotes rather than historical reality...
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Posted: 26-Aug-2004 at 22:39 |
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Posted: 27-Aug-2004 at 03:51 |
Battle of Plataea, August 27, 479 BC
August 27, .A Coalition Greek army defeats a Persian army under Mardonius.
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Posted: 28-Aug-2004 at 07:40 |
Do we know when the Battle of Salamis happened?
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Posted: 30-Aug-2004 at 08:21 |
30 August 1922, Turkish Army strikes the last blow on the Greek forces trying to retreat to Izmir, near Dumlupinar. Military phase of the Turkish Independence War ends followed by the Treaty of Lausanne and the Decleration of the Republic.
Today is being celebrated as the "Victory Day" in Turkey. (30 Agustos Zafer Bayrami)
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Posted: 30-Aug-2004 at 15:57 |
I call it "Yunanllar'n Eline Verdiimiz Gn"
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Posted: 01-Sep-2004 at 11:16 |
1st September 1939, The day WWII started with the German invasion of Poland
http://www.allempires.com/articles/westerplatte/westerplatte 1.htm
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Posted: 01-Sep-2004 at 15:55 |
Lol, TJK i was reminding so many people of that today, cuz it's the 65th aniversary.
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Posted: 01-Sep-2004 at 16:01 |
The BBC has a neat 'on this day' section.
Heres the entry for Sept. 1st -
Invasion
of Poland
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Posted: 01-Sep-2004 at 16:27 |
It is not the common knowledge that the attack on Westerplatte (4.45) was in fact not the first German action on 1st September.. 10 minutes before on 4.35 German dive bombers squadron (3./St.G.3) have attacked the polish bridge on Tczew (Dirschau) and on 4.40 german airplanes ( I./KG76 ) have attacked the city of Wielun...
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