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Battle of Bitlis

The Battle of Bitlis refers to a series of engagements in the summer of 1916 for the town of Bitlis and to a lesser extent nearby Muş, between Russian Imperial forces and their Ottoman counterparts. The town was the last stronghold of the Ottoman Empire preventing the Russians from entering Anatolia and Mesopotamia.

Battle of Bitlis
Battle of Bitlis · Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1915 – 1916
Where
Bitlis
Era
Modern

Topics

Turkey1,258 BCE – today

Before and after

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