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"In June and July 1915 the Turks deported over 1.5 million Armenians, more than half of whom died. Unfortunately for the Armenians their suffering was not at an end. One estimate places the number who were killed or died in camps in Syria or Mesopotamia between 1915 and 1922 at more than 1.4 million people." -- "The Great War: 1914-18", by Spencer Tucker, p179

"The Turkish massacres of Armenians in 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1909 were still fresh in their minds." -- "A Peace to End All Peace", by David Fromkin, p211.

"Reports poured in from German officials in the field with gruesome details of atrocities; von Wangenheim, the German ambassador found it increasingly difficult to overlook what was going on. In July, von Wangenheim reported to the German Chancellor that there no longer was any doubt that the Porte was trying to "exterminate the Armenian race in the Turkish empire." --"A Peace to End All Peace", by David Fromkin, p213.

"1915, April-May, Armenian Revolt. Turkish massacres of Armenians, on suspicion they were aiding Russians, precipitated an Armenian revolt. The rebels seized the fortress of Van, holding it until the arrival of the Russians." --"Encyclopedia of Military History", by T.N. Dupuy, p1047

"Whether or not there was a premeditated genocidal master plan is immaterial. It must have occurred to the Ottoman leadership that the destruction of such a pervasive nationalist movement would inevitably entail suffering on an enormous scale, and that the environment amid a general war was tantamount to a collective death sentence. In the end, whatever their intial intention, the Ottoman actions constituted nothing short of genocide." -- "Islamic Imperialism" by Efraim Karsh, p115.

"Refering to the Armenian Genocide, the young German politician Adolf Hitler duly noted the half-hearted reaction of the world’s great powers to the plight of the Armenians. After achieving total power in Germany, Hitler decided to conquer Poland in 1939 and told his generals: "Thus for the time being I have sent to the East only my 'Death's Head Units' with the orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language. Only in such a way will we win the vital space that we need. Who still talks nowadays about the Armenians?"" - Hitler, United human rights council.