Gallipoli & the Middle East 1914-1918 by Edward J. Erickson

Author:Edward J. Erickson [Erickson, Edward J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bisac Code 1: HIS027090
ISBN: 9781908273093
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Published: 2019-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

An Armenian volunteer. This photograph shows the signature kit of the Armenian nationalist committeeman: a modern military rifle, bayonet and several bandolier ammunition belts.

By the spring of 1914, the activities of the Armenian committees had reached the point where formal offices opened in Tiflis and Paris, comprising a kind of government in exile. These expatriate groups were actively involved in smuggling weapons and explosives into the empire, and the Turks intercepted some shipments. In late July, the Armenian committees held the important eighth party congress under the leadership of the Dashnaks in Erzurum. The congress was conducted to peacefully advance Armenian concerns through legitimate political processes and the CUP even sent its own representatives. However, as Europe went to war in August 1914, the congress dissolved when some of the more important Armenian leaders departed for Europe and Russia. The Ottomans became convinced thereafter that the congress led directly to agreements between the Armenians and the Russians aimed at the establishment of an independent Armenia in eastern Anatolia. In fact, immediately after the German declaration of war on Russia, many of the influential leaders went to Tiflis to begin raising the Druzhiny, or Armenian regiments.

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