Happy new year everyone! This weeks episode features the Battle of Sarikamis, the battle that destroyed Enver Pasha's reputation as a commander.
Happy new year everyone! This weeks episode features the Battle of Sarikamis, the battle that destroyed Enver Pasha's reputation as a commander.
Knowledge is a deadly friend, if no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see, is in the hands of fools - King Crimson's Epitaph.
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The Ottomans seemed to have been constantly beat on this front (with few exceptions) until late in 1916 when Mustafa Kemal made a temporary gain in the Bitlis-Mus Offensive. Unfortunately the Ottomans again lost in a Russian offensive at Bitlis but after this final victory the Ottomans pushed them all the way as far as Baku up to the end of the war.
You can't really say the Ottomans pushed the Russians away when the Russians had for the most part quit the war and gone home. It was the Armenians and Georgians that stood in their way for the most part. Once Yudenich and his Russians were out of the picture, the Armenians didn't stand much of a chance.
Knowledge is a deadly friend, if no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see, is in the hands of fools - King Crimson's Epitaph.
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It was their last victory, though Kut was probably their last "Great" victory.
Well by mid-1916 the Ottomans had begun to make minor gains before being pushed back a little bit right after that. The various battles around Bitlis that is. After that the Ottomans gained some momentum so they did do something before the Russians capitulated in 1917.
No idea about Baku though, could be Kut but I really don't know.
They had one a few stalling victories and counterattacks, but the Russians still occupied large chunks of important Ottoman territory and cities, and if they hadn't collapsed into revolution, it unlikely the Turks would have meet with any noticeable success, and more than likely would have been pushed back even further.
Really cool show. I wonder if they shoot all the episodes in advance or actually go through the trouble of shooting them week by week. The whole thing seems interactive enough that I wouldn't be surprised if the truth veers towards the latter.
They are probably shooting them a couple weeks ahead of time just in case something needs to be changed, or if something happens (sickness, family emergency, other real life issues).
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Knowledge is a deadly friend, if no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see, is in the hands of fools - King Crimson's Epitaph.
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New week and a new episode, the Russians are at the doorstep of Hungary and the Austro-Hungarian Army is in dire straits:
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A sidenote: I'm interested that they didn't mention the Battle of Broken Hill last week.The Battle of Broken Hill was a fatal incident which took place near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia on 1 January 1915. Two men shot dead four people and wounded seven more, before being killed by police and military officers. Though politically and religiously motivated, the men were not members of any sanctioned armed force and the attacks were criminal. The two men were later identified as being Moslems from the British colony of India, modern day Pakistan(some sources incorrectly identify them as Turkish).
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Why hello there Thursday! You know what it means: new episode! This time features the introduction of Winston Churchill as an important character during WW1.
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Knowledge is a deadly friend, if no one sets the rules. The fate of all mankind I see, is in the hands of fools - King Crimson's Epitaph.
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Maybe he thinks that it is his last name?
They didn't have last names in the pre-Republic era. Your surname would be your father's name + -son or -daughter as in Iceland's naming system.
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A lot of articles use the title Pasha and it's commonly accepted.
If you want to know his surname: it's Ismail Enver Ahmetoglu."Enver Pasha" -Llc - 21,100 results
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Takabeg (talk) 00:37, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
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I'm just wondering but what rank was Pasha in this period? It seems to mean anything from general to governor or minister.
You would think that with all these reforms they would modify this ranking system as well. I think even some Colonels had the title of Pasha.
It looks more like an honourific title given to a statesman. Otherwise Enver would have been called Enver Bey.
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