The Young Turks are ruining the Ottoman Empire both at home and on the battlefield.
Enver Pasha, against all advice, leads an attack on the Russian base at Sarakamish in Western Armenia. It’s bad enough he uses outdated Napoleonic tactics. It’s even worse he doesn’t learn from Napoleon’s failures in Russia.
Meanwhile, Djemal Pasha leads an army to attack the British at the Suez Canal. But he has no idea how to actually get across the Canal.
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Meawhile, Enver Pasha’s division tries to pin the Russians at Sarikamish from the south.
