Another amazing example of Obscure Christian History. In 1922, the city of Smyrna (Izmir) in modern day Turkey, almost entirely burned to the ground as the Turkish military under Mustapha Kemal Pasha drove the post-World-War-1 Greek army from Asia Minor. If not for the efforts of a Methodist missionary named Asa K. Jennings, an additional 350,000 Greek citizens might have died in the city.
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This video used multiple sources of historical archive footage from Creative Commons, paid subscription video and photos companies, stock audio from SoundForge, the KZread Audio Library, and Fresh Music. Fair use footage from various movies and documentaries, and other sources. Including the following:
Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City 1900-1922 - by pwnthemonkeys
(FULL Version) Smyrna - Paradise is Burning, Asa K. Jennings Story - via Asa Jennings, The Hero of the Smyrna Catastrophe
Polycarp -- Full Movie -- (2015) Christian Movies
Smyrna, my beloved (2021)| Trailer 2| Historical Drama| Rupert Graves| English Subtitles - Greek Cinema
Burning of Smyrna (1922) - British Pathe
Photo of the Smyrna quay afire - U.S. Navy Memorial
(Map) Europe’s Alliances in World War I. -- The Western World: Daily Readings On Geography, Cartography by Steve Banas.
Battle of Sakarya - Natiq Kamal
Izmir Sokaklari - Konak Pier - Basmane Gari Arasi Fevzi Pasa Bulvari - by Serdar Sen
İZMİR SOKAKLARI - KONAK PİER - BASMANE GARI arası FEVZİ PAŞA BULVARI
Going to and arriving at Istanbul, Turquie/Turkey, 1930 - FilmImages
Foto: „Page of Talmud” (CC BY-SA 2.0) by Chajm