Capture of Lachin

When

May 1992

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

39.25° N, 46.25° E

Description

1992 military engagement in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The Battle of Lachin was a military operation during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, undertaken by the National Army of Azerbaijan in order to regain control over the Lachin corridor, controlled by the army of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) since 18 May 1992. It was one of the fiercest battles in this direction that unfolded in the autumn of that year.

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