Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Andranik Ozanian

Battles of Andranik Ozanian

Armenian politician and military personnel (1865-1927)

Andranik Ozanian is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1901 and 1918: 4 battles and 2 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Greece (1), Iran (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,685 km apart end to end, 937 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4), First Balkan War (1).

Capture of ErzurumBattle of Holy Apostles MonasteryBattle of MerhamliCaucasus campaignPersian CampaignBattle of BitlisBattle of Holy Apostles MonasteryBattle of MerhamliCaucasus campaignPersian CampaignBattle of BitlisBaghdadAnkaraTel AvivAleppoDamascusBucharestBakuBeirutIsfahanYerevan1000 km38.325N, 38.843E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1901: 1 engagements1912: 1 engagements1914: 2 engagements2 in 19141915: 1 engagements1918: 1 engagements19011918
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery, 1901Battle of Merhamli, 1912Caucasus campaign, 1914Persian Campaign, 1914Battle of Bitlis, 1915Capture of Erzurum, 191819011918
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
3 November 1901Battle of Holy Apostles MonasteryArakelots Monastery, TurkeyArmenian victory
27 November 1912Battle of MerhamliGreece1,324 km WBulgarian victory
1914Caucasus campaignEastern Anatolia Region, Turkey1,532 km ESee #Aftermath
1914Persian CampaignQajar Iran, Iran768 km SEAllied victory; British control of Persia; Armistice of...
July 1915Battle of BitlisBitlis, Turkey878 km NWRussian victory
12 March 1918Capture of ErzurumErzurum, Turkey182 km NWOttoman victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.