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Battle of Sarıkamıs

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defeat of Enver Paşa

  • Talat Paşa
    In Armenian Genocide: Genocide

    …back the Russians at the battle of Sarıkamış, only to suffer the worst Ottoman defeat of the war. Although poor generalship and harsh conditions were the main reasons for the loss, the Young Turk government sought to shift the blame to Armenian treachery. Armenian soldiers and other non-Muslims in the…

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  • Enver Paşa
    In Enver Paşa

    …defeat in December 1914 at Sarıkamış, where he lost most of the 3rd Army. He recovered his prestige, however, when the Allied forces withdrew from the Dardanelles (1915–16). In 1918, following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russia’s withdrawal from the war, he occupied Baku (now in Azerbaijan). After the…

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