Battle of Pentemili beachhead information

Battle of Pentemili
	Part of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
	Pentemili Battle of Pentemili beachhead (Cyprus); Above: Pentemili beach
Date	20–22 July 1974
Location	Pentemili, Cyprus
Result	Turkish victory
Belligerents
Turkey	Cyprus
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen Bedrettin Demirel; Lt. Gen Nurettin Ersin; Brig Hakki Boratas; Col. Karaoglanoglu †	Col. Konstantinos Kombokis Lt. Col Pavlos Kouroupis †
Units involved
Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Army 39th Infantry Division; 50th infantry regiment; ; Turkish Air Force; Turkish Navy;	Cypriot National Guard 23rd ΕΜΑ medium tank battalion; 251st infantry battalion; 281st battalion; 286th mechanised battalion; 306th battalion; 316th reserve battalion; 326th battalion; 346th infantry battalion; 33rd commando battalion;
Strength
First Wave:; 3,500 soldiers; 12 M101 howitzers; 15 M47 tanks; 20 M113 APCs; Second Wave:; Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
77 killed; 5-6+ M47 destroyed	Unknown; 5 T-34 destroyed; 1 T-34 abandoned; 8 BTR-152 destroyed; 1 Daimler Dingo destroyed; 2 M-H Mk-IVF destroyed; 2 torpedo boats sunk

Pentemili is the Cypriot beach where troops first landed on the morning of 20 July 1974 in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Kyrenia, thus the name.^[1] For 3 days (20–22 July 1974), heavy fighting took place around the beachhead between Turkish and Greek Cypriot forces.

^ Savvas D. Vlassis, O Aporritos Attilas, Athens 2004 ISBN 960-630-211-3

[ReferenceA-1] Savvas D. Vlassis, O Aporritos Attilas, Athens 2004 ISBN 960-630-211-3

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