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  partof World War I
  date Oct 24 , 1914 - Aug 10 , 1920
  place Middle East
  result Overwhelming Ottoman Defeat Treaty Of Brest-Litovsk , Treaty Of Batum , Treaty Of Sèvres
  territory Partitioning Of The Ottoman Empire
  combatant1 ,<br/> Military Mission of the German Empire
  combatant2 Russian Empire ,<br> Armenia ,<br>
  strength1 2,850,000 <sup>2</sup>,<br/> max strength: 800,000
  casualties1 550,000 KIA <sup>3</sup>,<br> 891,000 WIA ,<br>240,000 sick,<br>103,731 MIO,<br> 239,000-250,000 POW <sup>1</sup>, <br/>tens of thousands AWOL <sup>4</sup>
  casualties3 Turkish peasantry of Anatolia drops to 40% of the pre-war levels Zurcher, 'Between Death and Desertion"