Battle of Baku

August 26 – September 14, 1918 · Baku

Result Central Powers victory

The Ottoman Army of Islam and Azerbaijani forces captured Baku from the Centrocaspian Dictatorship and a small British force. Massacres of Armenians followed the capture.

Central Powers

26 Baku Commissars

Allies

Other

Strength and losses

Guns
40

Ottoman Empire Casualties 2,000

Strength
20,000

United Kingdom Strength 1,000 · Casualties 200 · Aircraft 2 · Vehicles 3

Georgia Strength 10,000

Civilian deaths
30,000