Caucasus campaign
November 2, 1914 – October 30, 1918
The war between the Russian and Ottoman empires in eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus: Enver Pasha's winter offensive failed at Sarikamish, the Russians took Erzurum, Trabzon and Erzincan in 1916, and after the revolution the Ottomans regained the lost provinces and Kars and Batum in 1918.
Battles and events 16
December 22, 1914 – January 17, 1915
December 25, 1914 – January 18, 1915
1915
April 19 – May 17, 1915
July 27–31, 1915
January 10 – February 16, 1916
January 10–19, 1916
July 2–25, 1916
December 18, 1917
Armistice of Erzincan
Erzincan
March 3, 1918
March 14 – April 14, 1918
Trebizond Peace Conference
Trabzon
May 21–29, 1918
May 25–28, 1918
June 4, 1918
Treaty of Batum
Batumi
July 1, 1918
October 1918
German Caucasus expedition
Inconclusive
South Caucasus
Enver Pasha, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Mehmet Vehip Kaçı
Key commanders
Allies 8
Vladimir Lenin
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, Insisted on accepting German terms to end the war
Leon Trotsky
People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Led the Soviet delegation; broke off talks with 'no war, no peace'
Nicholas II of Russia
belligerent leader
Nikolai Yudenich
military commander
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
military commander
Illarion Vorontsov-Dashkov
military commander
Andranik Ozanian
military commander
Georgy Berkhman
military commander
Central Powers 13
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
military commander
Enver Pasha
military commander
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
military commander
Mehmet Vehip Kaçı
military commander
Abdul Kerim Pasha
military commander
Ahmed Izzet Pasha
military commander
Nuri Killigil
military commander
Hafiz Hakki Pasha
military commander
Fritz Bronsart von Schellendorf
military commander
Hasan İzzet Paşa
military commander
Topal Osman
military commander
Halil Kut
military commander
Ali-Agha Shikhlinski
military commander
