Draft:Aras war (1919)

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Aras war was a military conflict which was fought by the First Republic of Armenia . The war lasted from may 1919 till mid June 1919. At end Aras Republic was forced to Capitulate to Armenians

Aras war (1919)
Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani war (1918-1920)
DateMay 1919 - mid June 1919
Location
Result

Armenian victory

• Capitulation of Aras Republic

Armenia gained control of Nakhichevan Region
Territorial
changes
Annexation of Nakhichevan by First Armenian Republic
Belligerents
First Armenian Republic Aras Republic
Commanders and leaders
Drastamat Kanayan Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski
Strength
18000 6000-10000
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

Fighting began in May 1919, with 18,000 Armenian troops under the command of Drastamat Kanayan preparing for an offensive into Nakhchivan. However, this would quickly be stopped following the establishment of a British governorship in the district in order to prevent further clashes between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The British attempt at preventing a war in Nakhchivan was quickly halted due to Sir William Montgomerie Thomson's suspicions, who believed that the Republic of Aras was under the influence of Pan-Turkism, and attempted to create a land connection between the Ottoman Empire and Azerbaijan. The Armenian invasion plans were thus approved by the British, the Armenians began their offensives on late May 1919, quickly making significant gains within the region, as the Armenian troops had taken Sadarak, Kangarli and Sharur back within a week. The outnumbered Azerbaijanis had no chance against the much better armed and trained Armenians, and by June 1919 the Armenians had seized most of northern and western Nakhchivan, with Kanayan's forces continuing a direct offensive through the southern districts of Nakhchivan following the local railway directly to Nakhchivan, the capital of the Republic of Aras. Drastamat Kanayan's forces had succeed, as Nakhchivan had directly attacked by Armenian troops in early-June, the city of Nakhchivan had fall in mid-June following the Battle of Nakhchivan in 1919, and then the Republic of Aras capitulated .


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