1922 – 9 September 1922) the Turkish army re-captured all the territories which the Greek army invaded since May 1919. The Turks chased the fleeing Greeks to Smyrna, which was later abandoned by the Greek soldiers. During this period the Greek Army numbered 300,000 men with an additional 100,000 in reserve. According to the Greek Directorate of Army History, during the Greco-Turkish War, the Greek army suffered ~101,000 casualties (24,240 killed 48,880 wounded, 18,095 missing and 10,000 captured) out of a 200,000–250,000-men-strong army stationed in Anatolia. Other sources put the total number of casualties even higher at 120,000–130,000. By 1921 the war in Anatolia had cost Greece a sum equivalent to $100,000,000 at the rate of exchange in 1921. Turkish casualties numbered 13,000 killed (additionally about 24,000 died of disease during and after the war) and 35,000 wounded for the whole Turkish War of Independence. Before entering Izmir, a Greek flag was laid on the ground, in the exact same location Greek officers stepped on the Turkish flag three years earlier. Mustafa Kemal Pasha was invited to step on it. Kemal refused and ordered the flag to be picked up and respected. He said: "That is the sign of a country's independence. The flag is sacred. It is a huge mistake to step on a country's flag, even if the flag belongs to your enemy." The last Greek troops left Anatolia on 18 September. The Armistice of Mudanya was signed by Turkey, Italy, France and Great Britain on 11 October 1922. Greece was forced to accede to it on 14 October. To commemorate this victory, 30 August (also liberation day of Kütahya) is celebrated as Victory Day (Zafer Bayramı), a national holiday in Turkey. Graves 304 new graves were found belonging to the martyrs of the battle through research conducted using geophysical ground radar. References External links zafer.aku.edu.tr https://web.archive.org/web/20070826183607/http://www.zafer.aku.edu.tr/taarruz1.htm Conflicts in 1922 Dumlupinar 1922 History of Afyonkarahisar 1922 in the Ottoman Empire 1922 in Greece August 1922 events Battles of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk