Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Battle of Baku
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Battle of Baku | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Caucasus Campaign in the Middle Eastern Theatre (World War I) | |||||||
|
|||||||
| Combatants | |||||||
 Ottoman Empire Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
 British Empire |
||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Nuri Pasha |
Lionel Dunsterville |
||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 Ottoman and Azerbaijani troops of the Army of Islam. | 1,000 British and Commonwealth troops 7,000 Armenian conscripts of Central Caspian Dictatorship, 3,000 White Russians. |
||||||
| Caucasus Campaign |
|---|
| Sarikamis – Malazgirt – Van – Koprukoy – Erzurum – Erzincan – Bitlis – Kara Killisse – Sardarapat – Bash Abaran – Baku |
The Battle of Baku was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Baku, in 1918. The Ottoman-Azerbaijani forces of the Army of Islam led by Nuri Pasha won the battle against a coalition of British, Armenian and White Russian forces led by Lionel Dunsterville.
In recent years a Memorial dedicated to the 53 British soldiers who died in the battle was erected in Baku. But, among a large part of Azeri public opinion, the British were the strongest sponsor of the Armenian rule in Baku and they were in the city for imperialistic reasons and for their own interests (to seize the oil wells). So, the British were fighting for a "wrong cause" and there was no reason to dedicate a Memorial to soldiers who helped the Armenian nationalists. Authorities replied that not looking to the fact that the British troops were on the wrong side, they need to be respected and to have a place where their grandsons can put flowers on. Observators suggested that this was just a mere political move to improve the friendship relation between Azerbaijan and United Kingdom. However, this move wasn't appreciated by many Azeris, also taking in account the fact that the memorial was vandalized several times.
 |
This World War I article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This Azerbaijan-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a battle in British history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a battle in Ottoman history is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a historical battle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories: Battle stubs | World War I stubs | Azerbaijan stubs | Ottoman battle stubs | British battle stubs | Conflicts in 1918 | Battles involving Australia | Battles involving the Ottoman Empire | Battles involving New Zealand | Battles involving the United Kingdom | Battles of World War I | Middle Eastern theatre of World War I | History of Azerbaijan | Russian Revolution