Armenian Genocide

Mass killings and forced marches into Syrian desert; ~1.1M perished.

Years
1915-1918
Country
Ottoman Empire
Capital City
Ankara (modern Turkey)
Conflict Locations
Syrian Desert death marches
Children Affected
Children included in marches
Sources

The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. 

Photograph shows a poor, widowed Armenian woman and her children, Makarid (on her back) and Nuvart (standing next to her).

Photograph shows a poor, widowed Armenian woman and her children, Makarid (on her back) and Nuvart (standing next to her). 1900. Source: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

The Ottomans murdered Armenian men and forced survivors and children to march into the Syrian desert. About 1.1 million perished.