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تاريخ الإسلام والأنبياء والصحابة
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تاريخ الإسلام والأنبياء والصحابة
حصار الكوت العظيم (كوت العمارة)
25,000–30,000 Ottoman Sixth Army soldiers — The longest siege in British military history up to that era; catastrophic defeat for the British Empire.
10,000 killed or wounded in repelling British relief forces
13,300 British and Indian troops inside Kut + 30,000 British relief expedition
30,000 British relief casualties; entire garrison of 13,377 British soldiers (including 5 generals) surrendered unconditionally
After defeating Townshend at Ctesiphon (Salman Pak), the Ottomans pursued the British into the bend of the Tigris at Kut al-Amara, locking them in an inescapable siege. Four separate British relief attempts were decisively defeated at Sheikh Sa'ad, Wadi, Hanna, and Sannaiyat. Out of food and ammunition, Townshend surrendered unconditionally on 29 April 1916.
Trapping the British 6th Division in the fortified town of Kut.
Ottoman trench defenses bloodily repelled every British relief army along the Tigris.
General Townshend, 5 generals, 481 officers, and 13,300 troops marched into captivity.
Shattered British prestige in the East, delayed the occupation of Baghdad for over a year, and proved the enduring military tenacity of the Ottoman Army.
Halil Pasha's victory order to the 6th Army declaring 'The Kut Victory Festival' (Kut Bayramı).
ملحمة چناق قلعة (معركة غاليپولي)
The Ottoman soldiers heroically repelled the British and French naval and ground invasion, preserving Istanbul and knocking imperial forces into humiliated retreat.
فتح القسطنطينية المجيد (فتح الفتوح العثماني)
Broke the supposedly impregnable 1,100-year Theodosian Walls; ended the Byzantine Roman Empire; transformed Constantinople into the imperial capital Istanbul.
معركة جالديران الخالدة
Decisive Ottoman victory through disciplined firearms and artillery; established Ottoman control over Eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.