Battle of Kars (1920)

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Battle of Kars
Part of Turkish-Armenian War
Image:Armenians fleeing Kars.jpg Armenian civilians fleeing Kars after its capture by Kazım Karabekir's forces.
Date October 30 1920 Location Kars (present-day Turkey) Result Turkish victory
Combatants
Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.svg Democratic Republic of Armenia	Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkish revolutionaries
Commanders
Simon Vratsian Dr. Artashes Babalian	Kazım Karabekir

Turkish-Armenian War
Oltu – Sarıkamış – Kars – Alexandropol

The Battle of Kars was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on October 30 1920 at Kars.

Contents 1 Background 2 Active Stage 3 Results 4 References

[edit] Background

Main article: Turkish-Armenian War

By September 28, Karabekir's forces had occupied Sarıkamış and the following day Kağızman.^[1] They then moved towards Kars but this assault was delayed by Armenian resistance.

[edit] Active Stage

[edit] Results

Turkish forces continued to advance and soon captured and occupied the city of Alexandropol (present-day Gyumri, Armenia) one week after the capture of Kars. On November 12, the Turks also captured the strategic village of Agin, northeast of the ruins of the former Armenian capital of Ani and then planned to move towards Yerevan.

[edit] References