Enver Pasha
Ismail Enver Pasha, a charismatic Ottoman military officer, led the Young Turk Revolution of 1908. He was the driving force behind the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars and World War I, earning him the title “the hero of the revolution”. Yet, beneath the hero’s facade lurked a dark figure. As war minister, he orchestrated the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides, resulting in the tragic loss of up to 2.5 million lives.
In the sweltering heat of August 1922, near the exotic city of Dushanbe, the Red Army Bashkir cavalry brigade, commanded by the fierce Armenian warrior, Hakob Melkumian, orchestrated a sudden assault during the celebration of Kurban Bayramı (Eid al-Adha). Enver, with a mere 25 men, bravely charged the oncoming onslaught. Tragically, he was cut down by a hail of machine-gun fire. Legend whispers that his head was severed posthumously, adding a macabre twist to his heroic last stand.