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Turkey’s invasion plans for Greece thwarted by US, France, provoking angry outbursts from Erdogan - Nordic Monitor
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm
Turkey’s military strategy for a potential incursion into Greek territory, particularly Western Thrace, was designed to exploit a narrow window of opportunity, which Turkish generals anticipated would close quickly with swift intervention from the US and Europe following any Turkish offensive.
The central focus of the war plan was a military operation in the Aegean, with supplementary actions in the Thrace region of Greece to support the primary theatre. The planners emphasized that any military action in Thrace should focus not on territorial conquest, but on inflicting maximum damage to enemy forces. The objective was to punish rather than occupy.
According to the seminar report, Turkish strategists anticipated that NATO and the EU would quickly intervene if Turkey launched a military offensive in Greece’s Thrace region. Consequently, they concluded that Turkey would have only three to four days to achieve its objectives — enough to inflict significant damage on Greek forces, but not enough for long-term occupation. The ultimate goal, they argued, was to seize control of the Aegean islands.
Greece’s recent military cooperation agreements with the US and France — particularly those granting the US expanded access to Greek military and naval bases — have severely undermined Turkey’s invasion plans. The presence of US troops at these facilities makes it considerably riskier for Turkey to target Greek military assets since doing so could provoke a direct confrontation with the United States, something Ankara is eager to avoid.
This is undoubtedly a key factor behind Ankara’s increasingly hostile rhetoric toward Washington’s defense engagement in Greece and its vocal opposition to Greece’s strengthened defense ties with both the US and France.
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22 year old contingency plan leaked back in 2011 by the gulenists.Turkey’s invasion plans for Greece thwarted by US, France, provoking angry outbursts from Erdogan - Nordic Monitor
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm
Turkey’s military strategy for a potential incursion into Greek territory, particularly Western Thrace, was designed to exploit a narrow window of opportunity, which Turkish generals anticipated would close quickly with swift intervention from the US and Europe following any Turkish offensive.
The central focus of the war plan was a military operation in the Aegean, with supplementary actions in the Thrace region of Greece to support the primary theatre. The planners emphasized that any military action in Thrace should focus not on territorial conquest, but on inflicting maximum damage to enemy forces. The objective was to punish rather than occupy.
According to the seminar report, Turkish strategists anticipated that NATO and the EU would quickly intervene if Turkey launched a military offensive in Greece’s Thrace region. Consequently, they concluded that Turkey would have only three to four days to achieve its objectives — enough to inflict significant damage on Greek forces, but not enough for long-term occupation. The ultimate goal, they argued, was to seize control of the Aegean islands.
Greece’s recent military cooperation agreements with the US and France — particularly those granting the US expanded access to Greek military and naval bases — have severely undermined Turkey’s invasion plans. The presence of US troops at these facilities makes it considerably riskier for Turkey to target Greek military assets since doing so could provoke a direct confrontation with the United States, something Ankara is eager to avoid.
This is undoubtedly a key factor behind Ankara’s increasingly hostile rhetoric toward Washington’s defense engagement in Greece and its vocal opposition to Greece’s strengthened defense ties with both the US and France.
