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The Persian army marched back laden with spoil and carrying off some 15,000 captives. [10] [11] The Georgians had lost 4,000 men in the battle, the Iranians 13,000; a third of their total force. [7] An eye-witness, having entered the city several days after the bulk of the Iranian troops had withdrawn, described what he saw:
The Persian campaign or invasion of Iran (Persian: اشغال ایران در جنگ جهانی اول) was a series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire, British Empire and Russian Empire in various areas of what was then neutral Qajar Iran, beginning in December 1914 and ending with the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, as part of the Middle Eastern Theatre of World War I.
The military history of Iran has been relatively well-documented, with thousands of years' worth of recorded history.Largely credited to its historically unchanged geographical and geopolitical condition, the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran (historically known as Persia) has had a long and checkered military culture and history; ranging from triumphant and unchallenged ancient military ...
Battles generally refer to short periods of intense combat localized to a specific area and over a specific period of time. However, use of the terms in naming such events is not consistent. For example, the First Battle of the Atlantic was more or less an entire theatre of war, and the so-called battle lasted for the duration of the entire war ...
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa.
In some cases, subterfuge was used. During World War II, a group of five Germans, under the command of Fritz Klingenberg, fought garrison troops and captured the entire city of Belgrade and its thousands of troops by pretending to be an entire army. [6] Certain battles also involved the use of defences or topographical features to get an advantage.
Battle of Dilman: Persian Campaign: 1915.04.27: 2nd Arıburnu (2nd Anzac Cove) Gallipoli Campaign 1915.05.02: Baby 700: Gallipoli Campaign 1915.05.06: 2nd Kirte: Gallipoli Campaign 1915.05.10: Action of 10 May 1915: Naval engagement in the Black Sea 1915.05.13: Sinking of Goliath: Gallipoli Campaign 1915.05.28: No.3 Post: Gallipoli Campaign ...
Greco-Persian Wars: 0.2 million [195] 499 BC–449 BC Greek city-states vs. Achaemenid Empire: Southeast Europe, West Asia, and Northeast Africa Guatemalan Civil War: 0.14–0.2 million [196] [197] 1960–1996 Government of Guatemala vs. Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Central America North Yemen Civil War: 0.1–0.2 million [198] [199 ...