Battle of Sarikamish

Overview

The Battle of Sarıkamış was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Eastern Front of the Army of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey which was on September 29, 1920, at Sarıkamış. After the Sarikamish war signed the Armistice of Mudros, the Turks launched an invasion of Armenia, keeping the Armenians away from the Sarikamis front. Under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Kazim He directed Karabekir there, and as a result of a successful war, the Turks annexed Kars and other provinces to their territory. The Armenian soldiers who remained there were either killed or exiled. No exchange was found. Estimated Armenian soldier deaths were 1000.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The available source text describes an engagement between the Russian and Ottoman Empires during World War I rather than the Turkish–Armenian War of 1920. Because the supplied overview does not correspond to the battle as identified in the structured facts, no grounded significance can be written for the September 1920 engagement at Sarikamish between Armenian and Ankara Government forces.

Forces & casualties

Commanders (5)