Defense of Van (1915)
The defense of Van (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ Vani herosamart) was the armed resistance of the Armenian population of Van against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Ottoman Armenian population of the Van Vilayet in the 1915 Armenian genocide. Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have concluded that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated an armed Armenian resistance in the city and then used this insurgency as the main pretext to justify beginning the deportation and slaughter of Armenians throughout the empire. Witness reports agree that the Armenian posture at Van was defensive and an act of resistance to massacre. The self-defense action is frequently cited in Armenian genocide denial literature; it has become "the alpha and omega of the plea of ‘mili
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Defense of Van (1915)
The defense of Van (Armenian: Վանի հերոսամարտ Vani herosamart) was the armed resistance of the Armenian population of Van against the Ottoman Empire's attempts to massacre the Ottoman Armenian population of the Van Vilayet in the 1915 Armenian genocide. Several contemporaneous observers and later historians have concluded that the Ottoman government deliberately instigated an armed Armenian resistance in the city and then used this insurgency as the main pretext to justify beginning the deportation and slaughter of Armenians throughout the empire. Witness reports agree that the Armenian posture at Van was defensive and an act of resistance to massacre. The self-defense action is frequently cited in Armenian genocide denial literature; it has become "the alpha and omega of the plea of ‘mili
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Der Aufstand von Van (armenisc ...... ich deportiert werden sollten.
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El Setge de Van (també conegut ...... ces armades de l'Imperi Otomà.
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El sitio de Van también conoci ...... ito otomano que se aproximaba.
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La Resistenza di Van (in armen ...... e stavano per raggiungere Van.
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La défense de Van (également c ...... 00 civils arméniens massacrés.
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O Cerco de Vã, ou Resistência ...... em prestes a chegar na região.
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Obrona Wan (orm. Վանի հերոսամա ...... wania Ormian jako uzasadnione.
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The defense of Van (Armenian: ...... ion of Armenians as justified.
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Ва́нское сраже́ние, Ва́нская с ...... янские добровольческие отряды.
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دفاع وان (بالأرمنية: Վանի հերո ...... دى إلى الصراع والترحيل اللاحق.
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Unknown but heavy
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Armenian fedayi
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1915-05-17
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Armenian victory, Ottoman retreat
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Armenian fighters holding a de ...... walled city of Van, May 1915.
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Defense of Van
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the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and the Armenian genocide
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Armenian victory, Ottoman retreat
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Der Aufstand von Van (armenisc ...... its vor dem Aufstand gefallen.
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El Setge de Van (també conegut ...... ces armades de l'Imperi Otomà.
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El sitio de Van también conoci ...... erio otomano [cita requerida].
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La Resistenza di Van (in armen ...... e stavano per raggiungere Van.
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La défense de Van (également c ...... été prises avant cet épisode.
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O Cerco de Vã, ou Resistência ...... as antes da resistência de Vã.
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Obrona Wan (orm. Վանի հերոսամա ...... słów Stefana Ihringa stała się
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The defense of Van (Armenian: ...... and omega of the plea of ‘mili
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Ва́нское сраже́ние, Ва́нская с ...... янские добровольческие отряды.
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دفاع وان (بالأرمنية: Վանի հերո ...... ذا مشيرًا إلى عدم وجود أدلة كا
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Aufstand von Van
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Defense of Van (1915)
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Défense de Van
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Obrona Wan (1915)
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Resistenza di Van
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Resistência de Vã
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Rezistado de Van
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Setge de Van
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Sitio de Van
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Ванское сражение
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