Gen. Ton Sanders Pasha. a German officer. aided in the execution of a plan by which the collective annihilation of the inhabitants could be effectuated. This plan was known as " deportation for strategic reasons." It was applied during the Balkan Wars. but when the World War began it was extensively employed in all parts of Asia Minor where there were Greek populations. Under this plan the Christian population were driven from their homes into the waste and desert lands of Asia Minor. where they were left to perish for want of food and from the inclemencies of the weather. or to fall victims to the murderous assaults of irregular troops and bandits .and savage Kurds who infested the mountains and the plains. Under this plan more than 1.500.000 Christian Greeks and Armenians were destroyed.
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