42. The Fiery End of the Ottoman Empire
Empire
Eyewitness Accounts of Atrocities in Smirna During the Armenian Genocide
French guards witnessed the gasoline being brought into the city but did nothing to intervene/nMustafa Kamal sent a telegram to the League of Nations claiming the Turks had an 'excited spirit' and therefore were not responsible for any massacre/nIrregular forces fighting with Kamal's Atatürk's army committed appalling atrocities and rapes, mainly against the Armenian community/nArmenians were easy to identify and attack as they tended to live in their own quarters in Smirna
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