siege, interwar and Second World War
Siege of Aintab
Siege of Aintab was a siege conducted on 1 April 1920 at Gaziantep, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Franco-Turkish War, which ran from 1918 to 1921. The recorded result: French victory.
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Record
| Date | 1 April 1920 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Gaziantep, Turkey 37.067N, 37.383E | |
| Part of | Franco-Turkish War (1918 to 1921) | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | French victory | |
| Belligerents | Kuva-yi Milliye | French Third Republic; French Armenian Legion |
| Commanders | Mustafa Hilmi Bey; "Kılıç" Ali Bey; Şahin Bey; Şefik "Özdemir" Bey [tr]; Colonel Kenan Bey | Henri Gouraud; Louis Albert Quérette; Fernand Goubeau; Pierre Flye Sainte-Marie; Maurice-Jean-Joseph Abadie; C.J. E. Andréa |
| Strength | Total force: 2,920 militia fighters,; 6 machine guns,; 3 mountain guns | Total force: 12,000 French soldiers,; 1,500 Armenian soldiers,; 4 tanks, 11 artillery batteries, 1,400 military animals, 6 aircraft, 1 mobile hospital |
| Casualties and losses | 6,317 killed (mostly civilians); over 2,000 prisoners; 1,400 guns; 10 machine guns | 1,600 French soldiers, including 4 high rank officers, killed according to French Army sources |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of Nezib 1839, 37 km
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- Battle of Marj Dabiq 1516, 59 km
- Battle of Carchemish 605 BC, 62 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Urfa 9 February 1920
- All 3 engagements of Franco-Turkish War
Elsewhere in 1920
- Battle of Warsaw Poland
- Battle of Maysalun Syria
- Kyiv offensive Ukraine
- Battle of the Niemen River Belarus
- Battle of Komarów Poland
Siege of Aintab is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 336 in present-day Turkey.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4820796, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Aintab, revision 1384733966, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.