Liberation of Shushi: 20 years later
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The Liberation of Shushi was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the Nagorno – Karabakh War.
The battle took place in the strategically important mountain town of Shushi on the evening of May 8, 1992, and fighting swiftly concluded the following day after Armenian forces captured and drove out the defending Azeris. Armenian military commanders based in Nagorno-Karabakh's capital of Stepanakert had been contemplating the liberation of the town after a hail of Azeri military bombardment had begun shelling the city.
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