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commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Halil Sami Bey

Battles of Halil Sami Bey

Turkish military officer and statesperson (1866–1925)

Halil Sami Bey is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1915 and 1919: 5 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in Turkey (4), Azerbaijan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,608 km apart end to end, 402 km between engagements on average. Most belong to World War I (4).

Landing at Cape HellesFirst Battle of KrithiaBattle of KrithiaThird Battle of KrithiaBattle of SharurLanding at Cape HellesBattle of SharurAnkaraAleppoBucharestYerevanTbilisiSevastopolNicosiaİzmirTabrizMosul500 km39.815N, 35.583E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1915: 4 engagements4 in 19151919: 1 engagements19151919
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Landing at Cape Helles, 1915First Battle of Krithia, 1915Battle of Krithia, 1915Third Battle of Krithia, 1915Battle of Sharur, 191919151919
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 April 1915Landing at Cape HellesCape Helles, TurkeyOttoman victory
28 April 1915First Battle of KrithiaAlçıtepe, Turkey0 km SWOttoman victory
28 April 1915Battle of KrithiaTurkey5 km NEOttoman victory
4 June 1915Third Battle of KrithiaGallipoli, Turkey0 km NOttoman victory
1919Battle of SharurSharur, Azerbaijan1,603 km EArmenian 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.