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- EPISODE 3- RESURRECTION
- You have asked for me? - We'll stars moving tonight.
- My division can't move tonight.
Our last regiment was going to leave Konya tonight.
- What happened? - The train connot move further for the lack of fire wood.
- We have to be at the front line before the enemy.
- I know Sir. But all my cannons are on that train.
- Tell the commander of the regiment that he has to reach Akşehir today.
- Very well Sir.
- What luck! Not one tree in sight.
- What're we going to do? You heard order, we have to move.
- Your commanders look surprised.
- We can't pull down the station. - I wouldn't hesitate for one moment if it was made of wood.
- Major, we can burn the wagons. Then we'll break the ammunition cases and burn them.
- People hand in the iron bars on their windows to be made into bayonets.
Hello?
Thank you.
"Kagnı" columns transporting the shells have started to land in Sarıkışla.
Very good. - Let's have some coffee.
- Welcome mother. - Thank you son.
- You were a little late. - One of the girls gave birth on the way.
There are lots of carts at the back, tell your men to unload quickly.
You can't quench my thirst with this. Give me the pitcher.
- This is not a 75-millimeter shell.
- You'are right. Quick, open the cases.
- We broke two wagons but it's not enough.
- The wood is not good.
- Lf you don't make this train move right now, I'll burn you instead.
All right we're moving!
- All the shells are 77-millimeter except for ten cases. - We're doomed.
- We don't have enough time to ask for 75-millimeter shells.
- Lloyd george has made a statement today.
He says"Now that the treaty of Sevres has been violated...
...the sale of weapons to the parties is no restricted anymore"
This means they'll start selling weapons to the Greek again.
- Don't worry they already did with the help of Rumania and Spain.
But you ve missed the main point of the statement.
Mr. Lloyd george confirms that the Treaty of Sevres has been violated. This news is worth ten thousand shells.
General, I heard you will transportthe the young officers to the front line tomorrow.
Let's visit the exercise grounds in the morning. We'll probably lose most of them.
- How are they going to take the road tomorrow? Even a week's rest wouldn't be enough.
- We can't call this exercise ground a military academy yet because it has many efficiencies.
But I shall address you using the title you deserve. Cadets of the Military Acadamy.
You were raised in a period of war, defeat and much pain.
Then you left your schools under occupation and came to Ankara to join our struggle for independence.
Here, you went through a hard and exhausting training period.
You missed your childhood and youth.
Tomorrow you'll be engagend in a ruthless war and possibly give your lives if necessary.
Make sure that your sacrifices will not be in vain.
The future generations will be the children of a proud and free nation exercising equal rights...
...with the civilized world as a result your zeal and sacrifices I give you my word.
May your fight be blessed.
Thank you.
- Have a pleasant journey. - God speed you General.
- You look a little worried. - Istanbul sent wrong shells by mistake.
- May be the supplies office can find a solution.
- We are talking about cannon shells, not fireworks.
- The 2nd Army-Corps will take the road tonight if they can find carts to carrytheir water.
- I want the 2nd Army-corps moved to the right wing of the front withouth alarming the enemy.
- Can they move tonight? - I've ordered them to stand by.
- Notify them in Sincan while I talk to General Yusuf Izzet. I want them moved tonight.
- The General is busy. - Tell him it's very importnat.
- Supplices office has reparied 7 scrap cannons. They'll be moved tonight.
- What calibre? - 75-millimeters
- Is this a joke? We don't have any shells, we can't use them!
The Director insists to see you Sir.
- Who is this man? - Director of the repair shop, a young engineer.
- An insolet young man. Bring him in. We cannot win the war with inexperienced men like this.
- I'm sorry.
I wanted to take a few of those wrong shells but they told me I needed your authorization.
- What are you going to do? - I'll make an experiment.
If we empty the shells, we might be able to reduce their size.
- How long will it take?
- It's dangerous work, we have to be very careful. It may take 2-3 hours.
- Whick means you can only correct 12 shells a day.
I'll put all the lathes to it.
- How many lathes do you have? - 6.
- 72 shells a day.
The enemy will reach Sakarya in a few days. We'll need thousands of shells every day.
- I see Sir. I disturbed you for nothing.
- Give him a case of shells.
- The effective force of the two advanced divisions add up only to a regiment.
- The effective force of the two advanced divisions add up only to a regiment.
Most of the men suffer from malaria they're exhausted and ill-equipped.
- Be patient. Patience will win this war. - I hope so.
- Are the old soldiers here yet?
- That's the only thing that pleases me.
They use every occasion to prepare the new recruits for the war.
- Down!
Is this the way to lie down? You're going to cling to the earth like a tick.
Up!
Attack!
Forward!
- What do you say? What are we going to do with this little monster?
- What do you say? What are we going to do with this little monster?
- General Refet is right. We have to be Quick, but how?
- What do you thinks?
- What if we lathe them without emptying the shells?
- We'll explode. Isn't it worth trying?
- I don't mind, but we can't endanger so many people - You're right.
- Let'S give the division coming from the central army to general Yusuf Izzet.
- That will comfort him a little.
- What is our effective force today? - 35.000 armed men.
- Not enough. - It'll be 40.000 in a few days.
- The station commander disappeared. But I have orders, we have to move to tonight.
- What about water? - We'll try to manage without water for the first three stations.
- We can manage, but the animals... - I don't know.
- The station commander is coming - Thank God.
- I think he's drunk.
- Good evening.
- We've been looking for you for two days. Where have you been?
You can hardly stand. - I'm sorry Commander.
I've been riding for 60 hourse I went from village to village.
I finally found 100 carts and sufficient number of pitchersand leather bottles.
The carts are gathering at the market place.
You can take the road tonight.
- I apologize for scorning you. When your disappeared we thought...
Tell the guard to keep quiet. Bring him a blanket.
- The cavalry will leave tomorrow night. The distance is 240 kilometers.
We have to make 40 kilometers each day to be there on time.
- No problem. My ambulance corps is very efficient, we'll make it.
- The important thing is that the enemy should not notice we've left.
Their reconnaissance aircraft should think the army-corps is still here.
- It will be very difficult for the handful of men we leave behind.
- Time has come.
Your Higness. - Welcome.
- Our 9th division in Afyon started to move this morning in order in orders to keep in line with the army
They haven't met any serious resistance so far.
- Very good.
- With your permission. I would like to brief you on ourplans for the operations.
- I'll be glad to hear.
- We have to know which wing the enemy is planning to attack at first.
- The best way is a reconnaissance flight. - There are no planes at the front.
- I dropped by the repair shop yesterday. - Will they be ready on time?
- They are trying hard but the foremen says it'll be madness to fly in planes.
- He's right. The British embargo spoiled everyhing. We can't even buy spare parts.
- I don't think they'll attack from the front. - I wish they would.
- It is more convenient for the enemy to attack from the north.
But the land is not suitable to spread over and charge.
- Will you have your dinner in Polatlı?
- It will he better to join the troops.
If the enemy charges from the south...
- Prince Andreu's army-corps will advance from the south and the other two from the north.
These two will leave a division before Polatlı, move to the south over Gündogu Mountains...
...and join Prince Andreu's army-corps.
This way we'll surprise the enemy by attacking from the south.
This is a surprise attack, there's no need to wear out the troops by making them march such a long way.
- But this plan will help us win the war in a short time. Othervise we'll have to face the rainy season.
- Don't you think the enemy will notice such a great movement?
- By that time they will have lost.
- I see.
- Turn on the generator.
It's not emrty - I know.
- The Greek army will soon resume the road where Roman legions and Byzantine troops have marched...
...and reach Gordion on the bank of the Sakarya River.
And our army will untie the Anatolia knot with its sword.
On this first anniversary of our domination in western Anatolia ı promise you this.
We came here to stay and we shall stay.
Now I invite you all to dance in honor of the great Greece.
- Is it hot? - No
- How many minutes did it take? - 14 minutes.
- We have to use a wider blade. - We can increase the speed.
- Let's make small hand-lathes - Wonderful idea.
- We'll make it.
- Let's prepare a few more. We can try them in the morning.
- Yesterday I received a letter from Enver, written on jully 16.
- What does he say?
"If I realize that my staying abroad is dangerous or even useles...
...for our struggle to protect the Islamic world, I shall return to my country."
- He was always a rainbow chaser.
- Thank God, not all his followers are like him.
- They are expecting you General.
- Did you tell them where we're staying?
- No. - Good.
- Welcome General.
- Welcome.
I'll leave you alone. - Thank you.
I came with Dr. Nazım in the name of our friends in Ankara.
I called the Trabzon representative Hafız Mehmet Bey he's on his way.
Young Talat will be here in a few days.
Have you completed the arrangements?
Is something wrong?
- Mustafa Kemal is appointed as the Commander in Chief.
The Assembly and the army is giving full support to him.
- It doesn't matter. They'll support me when I get back.
- I'm afraid that will lead to a state of duality in this period of life and death.
- It seems comfort has softened you This is not the time to hesitate.
We always assumed power by force, we were never elected.
We'll do that again.
- What happened to the enemy plane that made a forced landing to Kuşadası?
- We sent a pilot and a mechanic. They dissassemled the plane and took it to Mugla.
If they can repair it they will fly to Ankara. I don't have further information.
- I wish we had just one plane.
- Fire!
We did it!
- The armourers are trying the shells they have lathed.
- How are you going to fight with these toy shells and funny planes?
Even I get surprised when I see them fly.
- You always say that but we do fly.
- We don't know how they fly either.
- I'm finished. Don't push them too hard. They're all scraps.
- All right, don't worry.
Come on boys. We'll take planes out.
- No hand cylinders either?
- We don't even have any wood, iron or barbed wire for the trenches.
But don't worry, this is the way we built the Sarıköy airport.
Be very careful with the reconnaissance planes of the enemy.
What do you want?
- The Government has kept it's promise. They're sending 8 more truck to Mudanya.
- That's good news. Now we can have some Turkish coffee.
I'm relieved.
- After the battle start, anyone who withdraws without permission will be executed.
It wasn't easy to make this decision
But we're going through a period when we have no right to forgive any mistakes whatsoever.
- Two of our planes were destrayed in landing.
- Any casualties? - None. But two planes were damaged.
- There were only four.
- There's nothing we can do. We'll carry on with the ground reconnaissance column.
Sit down. I have another note.
- Tomorrow it's the Sacrifices Bairam. - The butchers are on the way.
- No resistance so far. Our army is advacing.
- They can't make reconnaissance flights either.
- We were right. - They're finished.
- We'll leave tomorrow.
- The enemy is marching. - We're not sleeping either.
- When will it be ready? - Tomorrow.
- Yes. I understand.
The Regular Army-Corps has reached Göynük.
- They've been marching for two days in order to be at the front line on time.
- Halt!
- Ambulance corps is here! Stop whining.
- His sole is swollen. - Put his sock on.
- Easy, is hurts.
- Stand up.
You're going to jump now.
Come on, jump.
Once more. Go on, jump.
Good for you.
That's it. The swollen skin has stuck back to the flesh.
Take off his boot and put on some ointment.
Anybody else who need help?
- Troops are getting better - I told you my ambulance corps is very efficient.
- We still have to march four days
- We were born on this land, we know its ways by hard.
But the enemy has to pass through the barren land he doesn't know at all.
- And in the hot days of August.
- We're doomed if the road is like this till the end.
- The other plane doesn't work. You'll fly alone today.
You have to examine both the north and south of the railway.
You have 90 minutes. - It's not enough.
- Don't push the plane too hard.
- What about the bairam?
- We'll wait for you to celebrate the Bairam together with the boys.
We'll meat, rice and dessert for lunch.
Good luck.
- Prepare a nice table. - All right.
- Good luck son.
- Move the divisions to this part and include Mt. Mangal in the main positions.
- The Commander want Mt. Mangal included in the main positions.
- Take it easy. Hold the horse.
- I think my cigarette frightened the horse.
Come here boy, it's not your fault.
Don't worry. I'll manage to the headquarters.
- The plane took fire in the air. It fell near Sariköy.
- How is he Doctor? - He has a few broken ribs, one is touching the lung.
- Then you have to go to Ankara. - Yes General, right away.
- All right then. We'll keep this a secret.
What an unfortunate day.
- We have choice General. You have to lie down.
Otherwise you'll die.
- The Greek march has aroused unrest in India.
The leaders have started to talk about independence following the Turkish example.
We have to warn the Government. - It won't work.
Mr. Lloyd George has bet his political career on the Greek horse.
- What was that Greek arm-dealer's name? - Zaharov.
- Yesterday at the Parliament he was accused of being under the influence of Zaharov but he didin't mind.
He kept on talking about the virtues of war.
If we insist on this policy...
...we'll be confined in our island instead of expelling the Turks from Europa.
- I came as soon as I heard the restriction on weapon sales was raised.
Greece must take advantage of this.
- Definitely Sir Benson, but how?
- The lonian Bank you preside can give credit to Greece. Then I can send all the weapons they want.
- But Greece has exhausted all her resources for the Anatolia campaing.
- So what? The mines agriculture and commerce of the Western Anatolia is your guarantec
- lf the Greek Government accepts. - I'll see to that.
- No problem then.
- Agreed? - Agreed.
- To great Greece. - To Greece.
- What is your opinion about the situation?
- His being Commander in Chief will not change the result.
He has a small force left, I Don't think he can resist much longer.
- Good.
Let's eat.
- Why did you get up? - How could I lie down on a day like this?
Get your battalion and join the army in two days.
I'll leave for the front immediately.
- But the Doctor... - Do as I say.
- Don't write to my mother about the accident.
She always worries about me.
Don't worry.
- Where are you going? - I need a little fresh air. 302 -Where are you going? - I need a little fresh air.
- You haven't recovered yet. - We'll be better at the front.
- I'll notify the Doctor.
- We need half an hour to get to the railway station.
After that you can notify anyone you like.
Sit down.
Take a rest.
I'm sorry.
All aboard!
Get in the nearest car!
Quickly!
Check the cleats of the cannons!
- I brought clean underwear.
If your wound starts bleeding...
- Thank you.
- Take care of yourself Faruk.
Because I love you.
- The Doctor doesn't allow me to smoke since the accident.
- And I started smoking.
- Halide Hanım requests a duty at the front.
- What duty? - As a soldier.
- She can work with the intelligence office. I'll make her a corporal.
- They're here.
- Don't worry, you look alright.
- Bring them in.
- I hope you get well soon General.
- Tomorrow our army-corps in the north will start moving to the south.
- Everything is going on as planned.
- How is the morale of the troops? - Very good Sir.
- I told you this was going to be a military promenade.
- The transportation of supplies that started in Izmir is being carried on.
- General, final report.
- Number of rifle has increased to 44.0000
- I need definite information to make a decision.
Inform the General Staff. National Defence Office. Air Force, repair shop.
I need a solid plane.
I'll mount motor of another type of aircraft to the damaged one.
If we can make it you'll fly tomorrow. This is our last change.
- The Regular Army-Corps has just arrived in the left wing of the front.
- Very good.
Call the Doctor and tell him to loosen the bandages.
- Presently we have 29 secret armed branches in Anatolia.
- Presently we have 29 secret armed branches in Anatolia.
There's no need for delay or pity anymore. We should move on immediately.
- I agree.
- It won't be right to move on now. Let's wait a little longer.
- Have you become a Kemalist too?
- No but man is leading the country to a republic.
- Enemy toops are on the way to Ankara. Let's wait a little.
The army will definitely be defeted.
- How do you know? - There are many reasons.
- For example, the cavalry group has only 120 swords.
This is the condition of the army. Rope stirrups and wooden swords.
Defeat will be the end of Mustafa Kemal.
Them the nation will start looking for a new leader.
- What if Mustafa Kemal wins the war?
Then nobody can throw him down.
- Your ambition has blinded you. - But you are unscrupulous!
- Thank God you're my quest. Otherwise you'd pay for this with your life.
- Gentlemen! Take it easy.
We gathered here for our cause not to fight.
I think Hafız Bey is Right. Let's wait a little longer.
- The 2nd Army-Corps will march all night and reach our left wing in the morning.
- Effective force? - 6.000.
- That makes 50.000 ritles. - 10.000 more soldiers from the training units are on the way
- Will 60.000 soldiers be enough?
- Don't worry Madam war cannot only be won by numbers.
The skill and sacrifices of our army means a lot more.
When will you cut the route of the enemy reinforcements?
- In a few days.
- Don't forget, this is not a real aircraft. Don't push it too hard.
- Don't worry. I'll be back.
- Please do. Two martyrs is enough.
- Reconnaissance report states that 5 more enemy division have passed to the south of Sakarya.
- They'll attack from the south.
- They marched a very long way to hide this and granted us very precious seven days.
General, more the reserve troops secretly to the south.
And you leave for the southern front to control our troops closely.
About the cavalry unit that will penetrate to the rear end of the enemy.
- These are our troops! Soldiers of Kemal!
- Come this way!
- All the provisions and ammunition we have is here.
- It'll take days to take them out and destroy them.
- Don't hesitate, just burn them.
I don't care if my house burns down.
We lost too much time to mislead the enemy.
This is not a simple game, it is a strategic raid.
Here are aerial photographs. The enemy front still faces west.
They are not aware that we'll hit from the south.
- Turkish troops have raided Emirdag.
They burn down all the food supplices and bakeries.
- How are we going to feed the 2nd army-Corps?
- There's a message from Black Jumbo. He got hold of the last instructions of General Ismet.
- Great job.
- It seems the Turks are ready to fight with 21 divisions.
- 21 divisions ready in 20 days. Incredible.
- But how long can they fight against an army three times bigger and better equipped?
- They can prolong the war by withdrawing to the east of the Kızılırmak River.
- It's a great opportunity to have a position like Mt. Mangal within our southern front.
- It overlooks the whole field.
- The war will begin tomorrow.
- Don't worry Ismet. You did everything necessary.
- Are you holding Mt. Mangal with only one regiment?
- Yes. I thought...
- We don't have time to talk.
Occupy and fortify the hill top tonight.
Mt. Mangal is the key to this front I want this neglect indemnified right away.
- Colonel Frangu, your division must occupy Mt. Mangal tomorrow...
...so that we can break through the enemy lines at once.
- You can trust my division.
- The General appointed me to explain the messages he will send every morning and night.
The enemy started to expand towards north with 2 army-corps and tıwards east with one.
It seems they aim to besiege from the east.
Selahattin Adil Bey's army-corps is on our left wing. Izzet Bey's group will join them.
We have extend our left wings as far as we can in order to avoid the siege.
- Please be frank with us what are the odds of our winning this war?
- 51 percent.
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- An enemy division has turned it's front line towards us.
- Damn.
- Kenan Bey wants to be reinforced at least the guard battalion.
- I can't even spare one soldier when the enemy is advancing to besiege our left wing.
- Izzettin Bey's group will be stationed at the left wing tomorrow they will prevent the siege.
- It's my duty to defend the left wing until he arrives.
- Make it a little loose. I may have to go to the front.
Today and tomorrow will be the most difficult days.
- Forward! Attack!
- Correction. 50 to the right, extend 200.
- All batteries to fire mission!
- First battery is ready! - Second battery is ready!
- Third battery is ready! - Fire!
- The storm is getting stronger I can't see the target.
- The wind blows towards the enemy Take advantage of it.
Move the 3rd regiment. - Very well Sir.
- All the lines were damaged in the storm, we lost contact.
- Damn.
- They are surrouding the mountain on three sides.
- We have too many casualties. We can't endure if the reserve troops don't come in time.
- Come on boys, faster!
- No news from the south.
- We' ve been fighting for six hours the enemy is continually reinforced
The mountain is surrounded. I'm afraid I won't be able to save the cannons.
- Didn't the regiment arrive yet? - They came just as I was leaving. But they're too tired to fight.
- Evacuate the mountain.
- Without authorization?
- We lost contact. I undertake the responsibility. Move right away.