Event
Armed resistance at Van, 1915
An armed group in Van rose against the Ottoman garrison in April 1915 and held the city until Russian troops arrived on 18 May; the Ottoman government took it as proof of Armenian disloyalty.
- Dates
- Apr 1915 – 18 May 1915
- Place
- Van
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involved
- Russian government its troops reached Van on 18 May 1915 Scholarship & press 1
part of
- First World War Scholarship & press 1
located in
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- Apr 1915 – 18 May 1915 Armed resistance at Van, 1915
Proof 1 source
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World War I and the Armenian Genocide, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Holocaust Encyclopedia.
Scholarship & press
Nevertheless, an armed group rose against the Ottoman garrison in Van and had seized control of the city by the time the Russians arrived on May 18, 1915.
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