Battle of Shusha

When

1992

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.76° N, 46.75° E

Description

battle in 1992, during the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Battle in 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War

The Battle of Shusha was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The battle took place in the strategically important mountain town of Shusha on the evening of 8 May 1992, and fighting swiftly concluded the next day after Armenian forces captured it and drove out the defending Azerbaijanis.

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