However. this was only the beginning of what was to come. Within several months of the initial executions. approximately 250.000 Armenians serving in the Ottoman army during World War I were systematically disarmed and removed to forced labor battalions. These men were sentenced to death by either starvation or execution. In total. during the years 191522. 1.5 million Armenians were killed. and more than 500.000 were exiled from the Ottoman Empire. Deportations were carried out from every city. town. and village of Asia Minor and Turkish Armenia. The atrocities that took place during the death marches are unspeakable. With only a few remarkable exceptions. death and destruction prevailed.
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