Capture of Trabzon (1918)

Trabzon campaign (1918)
Part of Caucasus Campaign
Date24–25 February 1918[2]
Location
Result Ottoman victory[3]
Territorial
changes
Trabzon is back in the hands of the Ottomans[4]
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Russian volunteers
Pontic Greeks
Armenian fedayi[1]
Commanders and leaders

Ottoman Empire Wehib Pasha

Ottoman Empire Enver Pasha
Unknown
Units involved
Ottoman Empire Third Army (Ottoman Empire) Unknown
Casualties and losses

Ottoman Empire 600 killed

  • 700 wounded

Russian Empire 1,050 casualties[5]

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 on February 24, 1918. This event took place during World War I.[7]

  1. ^ 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...
  2. ^ Bilton, David (2014-02-11). The Central Powers on the Russian Front 1914–1918. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-3453-8.
  3. ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "Commanded by Vehip Pasha, took Trabzon on February 24"
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "the casulities included 1,050 Russians"
  6. ^ (McMeekin 2015, p. 424) "and 250 Greeks"
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).