Towards Disaster

In the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, Prince Andrew of Greece was given command of the 2nd Army Corps during the Battle of the Sakarya. Towards Disaster is the prince's account of the campaign in Asia Minor, in which he defends his decisions and actions during the Battle of the Sakarya, when he was intent on avoiding needless loss of life in a hop

Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark was born in 1882, the fourth son of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece. He served as an officer in the Balkan Wars and the Greco-Turkish War, and was held partly responsible for his country's defeat and loss of territory in the latter. After being court-martialled for disobeying orders, he and his family--his wife Princess Alice, their four daughters, and son (Prince Philip, later duke of Edinburgh)--were banished and he died in 1944.