Labour Battalions (Ottoman Empire/Middle East)

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Authors
Publication date 25-10-2022
Host editors
  • U. Daniel
  • P. Gatrell
  • O. Janz
  • H. Jones
  • J. Keene
  • A. Kramer
  • B. Nasson
Book title 1914-1918 Online: International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Number of pages 4
Publisher Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract Ottoman labour battalions were a form of forced labour in lieu of regular military service. The conscription into these units during and after the war has come to be identified with removal from active units, disarmament, internal displacement, and outright murder of Ottoman Armenian and Greek soldiers.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Note Version 1.0
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.15463/ie1418.11563
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