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2026

Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave

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It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday.

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All Foreigners Urged to Leave

Tientsin, June 5.—All foreigners are warned to leave Shanhaikuan, Chili, on the Manchurian border, because of the serious fighting expected by the troops of General Wu Pei Fu and those of Chang Tso-Lin.

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The Union daily times. (Union, S.C.), June 5, 1922 — front page Enlarge →

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Great Offensive

The Great Offensive (Turkish: Büyük Taarruz) was the largest and final military operation of the Turkish War of Independence, fought between the Turkish Armed Forces loyal to the government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, and the Kingdom of Greece, ending the Greco-Turkish War. The offensive began on 26 August 1922 with the Battle of Dumlupınar. From 31 August to 9 September, the front moved a distance of 300 km (190 mi).

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Burning of Smyrna

The first fire broke out in the late afternoon of 13 September, four days after Turkish nationalist forces had entered the city. The blaze began in the Armenian quarter of the city (now the Basmane borough), and spread quickly due to the windy weather and the fact that no effort was made to put it out.

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Chanak crisis

Lloyd George's rashness resulted in the calling of a meeting of Conservative MPs at the Carlton Club on 19 October 1922, which passed a motion that the Conservative Party should fight the next general election as an independent party. Following the Carlton Club decision Lloyd George resigned as prime minister, never to return to office.

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