10 January-16 February 1916: The Erzurum Offensive—a Russian winter assault caught the Ottoman army unprepared & under-strength, before forces could be transferred from Gallipoli; the second-best defended city in Turkey surrendered after only four days of shelling; the Ottoman supply chain was hamstrung by their ongoing genocidal campaign against the Armenians.
Lest we forget.
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