Armenian Genocide, Musa Dagh Defense, 1915

Armenians with the flag they used to signal for help after their resistance on Musa Dagh, Turkey during the Armenian Genocide. In 1915 Musa Dagh was the location of a successful Armenian resistance to the Armenian Genocide. The deportation orders of the Armenian population, issued by the Ottoman government, in July 1915 reached the six Armenian villages of the Musa Dagh region. As Ottoman Turkish forces converged upon the town, the populace refused deportation and fell back upon Musa mountain, thwarting assaults, from July to September 1915. Allied warships sighted the survivors just as ammunition and food provisions were running out. French and British ships, evacuated 4, 200 men, women and children from Musa Dagh to safety in Port Said

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