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Ottoman casualties of World War I, the Ottoman Empire mobilized a total of 3 million men. It lost 325,000 killed in action, and hundreds of thousands more due to disease or other causes, other 400,000 were injured. 202,000 men were taken prisoner, mostly by the British and the Russians, and one million deserted, leaving only 323,000 men under ...
First Balkan War: The Ottoman Empire is nearly wiped out from Europe, save for Istanbul and just enough land around to defend it. 1914: August 2: The Empire enters into World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Cyprus is annexed outright by Britain. 1915: April 24: The Ottoman Empire initiates forced deportation of Armenians. 1915: April 25
World War I [b] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Defeated in World War I, the Ottoman Empire signed the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918. Istanbul was occupied by combined British, French, Italian, and Greek forces. In May 1919, Greece also took control of the area around Smyrna (now İzmir). The partition of the Ottoman Empire was finalized under the terms of the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres.
Final stage of the Siege of Candia, ends with capture of city. End of the Cretan war. 1666–1669 Sieges of Chyhyryn in Ukraine: 1677-1678 Conquest of the castles controlling the Black Sea entrance of the Dnieper River 1679 Reconquest of Chios during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War (1684–1699) 1695
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Accordingly, King Charles XII of Sweden was welcomed as an ally in the Ottoman Empire following his defeat by the Russians at the Battle of Poltava in 1709 (part of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721.) [39] Charles XII persuaded the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III to declare war on Russia, which resulted in the Ottoman victory at the Pruth River ...
Serbia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. [24] November 2–21 Middle Eastern, Caucasian: Bergmann Offensive, first military engagement in the Caucasus of the First World War. November 3 Politics: Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire. African, East African: Battle of Kilimanjaro: November 3–5 African, East African