| Trabzon campaign (1918) | |||||||||
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| Part of Caucasus Campaign | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Ottoman Empire |
 Russian volunteers Pontic Greeks Armenian fedayi[1] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Enver Pasha | Unknown | ||||||||
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Third Army (Ottoman Empire) | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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250 casualties[6] | ||||||||
The Capture of Trabzon refers to the military operation carried out by the reorganized Ottoman Third Army, under the command of Wehip Pasha, which resulted in the seizure of Trabzon from Russian control on February 24, 1918. This event took place during World War I.[7]
- ^ Gingeras, Ryan (2016-03-24). Fall of the Sultanate: The Great War and the End of the Ottoman Empire 1908-1922. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-108692-2.
Ottoman units approached Erzurum and Trabzon [... ] by retreating Armenian troops...
- ^ Bilton, David (2014-02-11). The Central Powers on the Russian Front 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-3453-8.
- ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "Commanded by Vehip Pasha, took Trabzon on February 24"
- ^ Erickson, Edward J. (2021-05-24). The Turkish War of Independence: A Military History, 1919–1923. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-4408-7842-8.
General Vehip Pasha's Ottoman troops went forward, capturing Erzincan and Trabzon
- ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "the casulities included 1,050 Russians"
- ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "and 250 Greeks"
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