Kermanshah Operation was a battle fought in 1916 in what is now Iran. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: Russian victory. Recorded strength: 8,000 men against 12,000 including 6,000 horsemen.
Where it sits in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I
96 placed engagements of the Middle Eastern theater of World War I in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.
Record
Date
1916 (year precision) to 1916
Place
Iran 34.317N, 47.069E
Kind
Battle, First World War
Strength
8,000 men
12,000 including 6,000 horsemen
Commanders
Nikolai Baratov
Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.
Kermanshah Operation is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 157 in present-day Iran.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q19886246, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Kermanshah operation, revision 1370625646, 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.