Battle of Kars (1920)

Battle of Kars (1920)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Kars
partof=Turkish-Armenian War


caption= Armenian civilians fleeing Kars after its capture by Kazım Karabekir's forces.
date=October 30 1920
place=Kars (present-day Turkey)
result=Turkish victory
combatant1=
combatant2=
commander1=Simon Vratsian
Dr. Artashes Babalian
commander2=Kazım Karabekir|

The Battle of Kars was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on October 30 1920 at Kars.

Background

By September 28, Karabekir's forces had occupied Sarıkamış and the following day Kağızman.Robert H. Hewsen. "Armenia: A Historical Atlas", p. 237. ISBN 0-226-33228-4] They then moved towards Kars but this assault was delayed by Armenian resistance.

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Turkish forces continued to advance and soon captured and occupied the city of Alexandropol (present-day Gyumri, Armenia) one week after the capture of Kars. On November 12, the Turks also captured the strategic village of Agin, northeast of the ruins of the former Armenian capital of Ani and then planned to move towards Yerevan.

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