Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Occupation of zmir occurred from 15 May 1919 to 8 September 1922 by Greek forces under the High Commissioner Aristidis Stergiadis in the zmir district, aligned with the Allied partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. There were no military hostilities between Greece and the Ottoman Empire during World War I or prior to the occupation. The Greek occupation became very controversial, since the main intention of the Allies of World War I was to balance the Italian expansion in Anatolia. The Italian and Anglo-French repudiation Agreement of St.-Jean-de-Maurienne (26 April 1917) was overridden by the Greek occupation, since zmir was part of the territory previously promised to Italy. territory previously promised to Italy.