Burning of Smyrna and the end of the Greco-Turkish War

On 9 September 1922 Turkish forces entered Smyrna, ending the Greco-Turkish War; Turkey marks the day as the city's liberation. Four days later fire destroyed the Greek and Armenian quarters, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were trapped on the waterfront while Allied warships looked on; many were killed. The catastrophe ended Greek and Armenian Smyrna and led to the 1923 population exchange.