siege, interwar and Second World War
Siege of Aintab
Siege of Aintab was a siege conducted on 1 April 1920 at Gaziantep, in what is now Turkey; it lasted 10 months. It was part of the Franco-Turkish War, which ran from 1918 to 1921. The recorded result: French victory.
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Where it sits in the Franco-Turkish War
Record
| Date | 1 April 1920 to 8 February 1921 | |
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| Place | Gaziantep, Turkey 37.067N, 37.383E | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Total force: 2,920 militia fighters,; 6 machine guns,; 3 mountain guns | Total force: 12,000 French soldiers,; 1,500 Armenian soldiers,; 4 tanks, 11 artillery batteries, 1,400 military animals, 6 aircraft, 1 mobile hospital |
| Casualties and losses | 6,317 killed (mostly civilians); over 2,000 prisoners; 1,400 guns; 10 machine guns | 1,600 French soldiers, including 4 high rank officers, killed according to French Army sources |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Nezib 1839, 37 km E
- Siege of Rumkale 1292, 46 km NE
- Siege of al-Bira 1272, 53 km E
- Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516, 59 km S
- Battle of Carchemish 605 BC, 62 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Urfa 9 February 1920
- All 3 engagements of Franco-Turkish War
Elsewhere in 1920
- Battle of Warsaw Poland
- Battle of Maysalun Syria
- Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
- Kyiv offensive Ukraine
- Red Army invasion of Armenia Armenia
Siege of Aintab is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4820796, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Aintab, revision 1384733966, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.