Battle of Dumlupınar

Battle of Dumlupınar
	Part of the Great Offensive of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922
	; Mustafa Kemal Pasha at Kocatepe, Afyonkarahisar
Date	26–30 August 1922
Location	Near Dumlupınar, Kütahya and Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Result	Turkish victory
Belligerents
Ankara Government	Greece
Commanders and leaders
Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Fevzi Pasha; Ismet Pasha	Georgios Hatzianestis; Nikolaos Trikoupis (POW); Kimon Digenis (POW); Petros Soumilas
Units involved
Order of battle	Order of battle
Strength
Parts of:; 98,670 infantry; 5,286 cavalry; 323 artillery;	Parts of:; 130,000 infantry; 1,300 cavalry; 348 artillery;
Casualties and losses
26 August – 9 September:; 2,318 killed ; 9,360 wounded ; 1,697 missing; 101 prisoners; Total: 13,476	8,000 killed; 2,000 wounded; 2,000 captured; Total: 12,000; 141 artillery; 250 motorized vehicles

The Battle of Dumlupınar (Greek: Μάχη του Τουμλού Μπουνάρ, romanized: Máchi tou Toumloú Bounár, Turkish: Dumlupınar (Meydan) Muharebesi, lit. 'Dumlupınar (Field) Battle'), or known as Field Battle of the Commander-in-Chief (Turkish: Başkumandanlık Meydan Muharebesi) in Turkey, was the last battle in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) (part of the Turkish War of Independence). The battle was fought from 26 to 30 August 1922 near Dumlupınar, Kütahya in Turkey.

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