Sardarabad's Heroes: The Women of 1918

When the Ottoman Third Army surged toward Yerevan in May 1918, Armenia’s fate hung on a thread. While Sardarabad is often remembered as a battle won by men under arms, this episode uncovers the crucial role of Armenian women — from the peasant girls hauling ammunition under fire to the nursing corps that kept the army on its feet. We look at the women who took up rifles alongside their husbands, the fedayee widows who led supply convoys across the Ararat plain, and the mothers who walked miles to bring food to the trenches. Drawing on eyewitness accounts from the battle and the diaries of Aram Manukian’s wife, we explore how women’s labor, sacrifice, and courage turned a desperate last stand into a victory that saved the First Republic. This is a side of Sardarabad rarely told — a story of ordinary women who became the backbone of Armenia’s survival. We also touch on the forgotten female soldiers of the Armenian battalion, including the sniper Zabel, whose story survives only in fragmentary records. #Sardarabad #ArmenianWomen #1918 #FirstRepublic #OttomanEmpire #Caucasus #ArmenianHistory #Fedayee #AramManukian #MountArarat #WorldWarI #ArmenianGenocide #WomenInWar #History #FexingoHistory #Yerevan #OttomanThirdArmy #ArmenianResistance Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo