Defense of Van (1915)

Van Resistance; Van Uprising/Van Ayaklanması; Van Resistance/Վանի Հերոսամարտ
	Part of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
	File:Van Defenders.jpg; Armenian troops holding a defense line against Ottoman forces in the walled city of Van in May 1915.
Date	19 April – 17 May 1915
Location	Van, Ottoman Empire
Result	Ottoman retreat, Armenian victory
Belligerents
22x20px Ottoman Empire	Armenian residents of Van
Commanders and leaders
23x15px Djevdet Bey; Halil Bey; Köprülü Kâzım Bey; Rafael de Nogales	Aram Manukian
Strength
3rd Army; 5,000[source?]	1,300
Casualties and losses
	55,000 civilians

The Siege of Van, Resistance at Van, (Armenian: Վանի Հերոսամարտcode: hy is deprecated Vani Herosamart, Turkish: [Van Direnişi] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) or Van Rebellion, Van Revolt (Turkish: [Van İsyanı] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)), Armenian Revolution at Van (Turkish: [Van İhtilâli] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)^[4]^[5]) was a resistance during the World War I against Ottoman Empire.

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Defense of Van

Defense Of Van (1915) Media

The City of Van. Map showing the neighborhoods in 1915.
From Ussher, Armenians making cartridges by hand^[6]
Armenians digging trenches
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Defense of Van, 1915.
1915 April Van initial Armenian position.svg

The initial positions during en:Van Resistance
Dashnak courier, Van 1917.jpg

Dashnak courier boy in Van who served Aram Manukian, 1917
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On 17 May, Russian cavalry and a detachment of Russian Armenian volunteers arrived to relieve the Armenian garrison of Van
General Andranik Armenak Yekarian Group of Defenders of Van 1915.jpg

General Andranik and Armenak Yekarian with Group of Defenders of Van
Armenian armed horsemen in Van.jpg

Armenian armed horsemen in Van.
Armenian refugees at Van crowding around a public oven during 1915.png

Armenian refugees at Van^[7]

Related pages

Armenian Genocide

Sources

↑ Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol II Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, Palgrave, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-10169-5, p 251.
↑ Morgenthau, 227
↑ Balakian, 207
↑ The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)
↑ The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.
↑ Ussher 1917, p. 254.
↑ Morgenthau 1918, p. 314.

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[1] Richard G. Hovannisian, The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Vol II Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, Palgrave, 1997, ISBN 978-0-312-10169-5, p 251.

[2] Morgenthau, 227

[3] Balakian, 207

[4] The General Headquarters used this term in its ciphertext dated 8/9 May 1915, Ali İhsan Sâbis, Birinci Dünya Harbi, 2. cilt, Nehir Yayınları, ISBN 975-551-067-2, p. 434. (in Turkish)

[5] The debates of Meclis-i Vükelâ on 15–17 August 1915 were recorded with title of "Van İhtilali ve Katl-i Amı" (Van Revolution and Massacre) dated 1 Zilkade 1933/10 September 1915, Stanford J. Shaw, Ezel Kural Shaw, History of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press, 1977, ISBN 978-0-521-29166-8, p. 338.

[FOOTNOTEUssher1917254-6] Ussher 1917, p. 254.

[FOOTNOTEMorgenthau1918314-7] Morgenthau 1918, p. 314.

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