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The Erzurum offensive (Russian: Эрзурумское сражение, romanized: Erzurumskoe srazhenie; Turkish: Erzurum Taarruzu) or Battle of Erzurum (Turkish: Erzurum Muharebesi) was a major winter offensive by the Imperial Russian Army on the Caucasus Campaign, during the First World War that led to the capture of the strategic city of Erzurum.
The Battle of Erzurum was a military engagement fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. The battle was fought on 8-9 November 1877 on the Ottoman territory and ended with the Russians withdrawing to instead besiege Kars, which fell afterwards.
The Battle of Erzurum occurred in 1821 was part of the Ottoman-Persian War of 1821–1823. Qajar Iran, led by crown prince Abbas Mirza himself, defeated their Ottoman arch-rivals near Erzurum. [1] The Iranians were outnumbered with 30,000 men, led by Crown Prince Abbas Mirza, against the Ottoman Turks with 52,000 men. [1]
Meanwhile, Abbas Mirza marched into eastern Anatolia with 30,000 troops and met an Ottoman army of 50,000 at the Battle of Erzurum. Abbas Mirza scored a crushing victory over the Ottomans despite being severely outnumbered and his army suffering from a cholera epidemic .
The Battle of Erzurum may refer to: Battle of Erzurum (1821), Persians defeat Turks during the Ottoman–Persian War; Battle of Erzurum (1877), Turks defend the city during the Russo-Turkish War; Battle of Erzurum (1916), Russians defeat Turks during World War I
The Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleiman had made 3 marches (1534, 1535, 1548) to the Safavid lands before this march. During these campaigns, Tahmasp followed a different tactic in order to avoid an open battle against a large Ottoman army, and as a result, each time the Ottoman campaigns ended in failure, despite the huge costs incurred. [1]
The Campaign for North Africa has been called the longest board game ever produced, with estimates that a full game would take 1,500 hours to complete. [1] [2] Reviewer Luke Winkie pointed out that "If you and your group meets for three hours at a time, twice a month, you’d wrap up the campaign in about 20 years."
Battle of Erzurum (1821) Erzurum Congress; Erzurum offensive; I. IX Corps (Ottoman Empire) O. Ottoman–Persian War (1821–1823) T. Treaties of Erzurum