Battle of Dilman

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Battle of Dilman
Part of Persian Campaign (World War I)
Date April 15 1915
Location
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Flag of Russia Russian Empire Ottoman flag Ottoman Empire
Commanders
General Nazarbekov
Andranik
Halil Bey
Strength
10 battalions of Russian Caucasus Army
1 battalion of Armenian volunteer units
10-12 battalion & Kurdish Militia (tribesman)
Casualties and losses
 ?

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.[1] 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.

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In 1919 Halil himself admitted to have killed approximately 300,000 Armenians.[2][3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ America and the Armenian Genocide of 1915 - Page 95 by Jay Murray Winter
  2. ^ Halil Pasa, (A fight without end) M.T. Sorgun, ed. (Istanbul, Yefigun, 1972), p. 274
  3. ^ Warrant for Genocide (Ppr): Key Elements of Turko-Armenian Conflict - Page 118 by Vahakn N. Dadrian

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