Battle of Batumi
| Battle of Batumi | |||||||
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| Part of the Turkish invasion of Georgia | |||||||
Map of Turkish invasion of Georgia in 1921, and the battle of Batumi. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ankara Government | Democratic Republic of Georgia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Kâzım Karabekir | Giorgi Mazniashvili | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,500 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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30 killed 26 wounded 46 missing (Turkish sources, during the entire Georgian campaign) More than 200 killed (Georgian sources) | 84 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Batumi was a military battle between Democratic Republic of Georgia and Turkey. The Georgian aim of this battle was to remove the invading Turkish army from Batumi. The battle concluded with Georgian victory and ensured that Batumi remained part of the Georgian homeland, albeit under the newly established Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.