The bulk of the killing was carried during World War I, between the years of 1915 and 1918. The end of World War I in 1918 brought about a brief lull in the massacres- they could no longer be carried out under war-time concealment, and the world had been made aware to the Ottoman atrocities.
People estimate that as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed in the genocide.
There was burnings, drownings, poisoning, and forced drug over dose that would cause the 1.5 million people of the Ottoman nation to fall and thin there numbers. The Turks had set out to completely wipe out the nation and at this point it was working. In a census before the genocide there were 1,219,323 people. Between 1914 and 1918 1.5 million were dead.
People estimate that as many as 1.5 million Armenians were killed in the genocide.
There was burnings, drownings, poisoning, and forced drug over dose that would cause the 1.5 million people of the Ottoman nation to fall and thin there numbers. The Turks had set out to completely wipe out the nation and at this point it was working. In a census before the genocide there were 1,219,323 people. Between 1914 and 1918 1.5 million were dead.