The Ottoman Empire trips over its own dick into WWI, orders an army to attack up a mountain in the middle of winter without shoes, and commits a genocide.
sources:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/60960/wwi-centennial-turkish-debacle-sarikamish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew39InPunOY
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/armenian.htm
https://www.armenian-genocide.org/1915-1.html
https://fx.substack.com/p/today-in-caucasian-history-the-battle-4ab
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