Battle of Dilman

Battle of Dilman

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Dilman
partof=Persian Campaign (World War I)


caption=
date=April 15 1915
place=
result=Russian victory
combatant1=flag|Russian Empire|size=25px
combatant2=flag|Ottoman Empire|size=25px
commander1=General Nazarbekov
Andranik
commander2=Halil Bey
strength1=10 battalions of Russian Caucasus Army
1 battalion of Armenian volunteer units
strength2= 10-12 battalion & Kurdish Militia (tribesman)
casualties1=
casualties2=?|

The Battle of Dilman (April 15 1915) was a battles fought at Dilman that was fought between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire and it resulted in a Tovmas Nazarbekian's victory. [America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 - Page 95by Jay Murray Winter ] Apart from the Armenian officers who served under the Tovmas Nazarbekian's battalion's of the Russian Caucasus Army, the Armenians also ran a volunteer battalions which, under the leadership of the commander Andranik.

Trivia

In 1919 Halil himself admitted to have killed approximately 300,000 Armenians. [Halil Pasa, (A fight without end) M.T. Sorgun, ed. (Istanbul, Yefigun, 1972), p. 274] [Warrant for Genocide (Ppr): Key Elements of Turko-Armenian Conflict - Page 118by Vahakn N. Dadrian]

References

See also

*Turkish-Armenian War


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