Operation Goranboy

Operation Goranboy
Part of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Date 12 June 1992 – March 1993 Location Goranboy and Tartar provinces of Azerbaijan Republic Result Azerbaijan initially managed to break through the NKR defenses and capture over 48% of former NKAO territory, but failed in their overall strategic goal.
Belligerents
Armenia Artsakh	Azerbaijan
Commanders and leaders
Manvel Yeghiazaryan	Surat Huseynov Isgandar Hamidov Vladimir Shamanov Rovshan Javadov
Strength
Unknown detachment Arabo Detachment "Aramo" detachment "Artziv 9" detachment "Zeytun" detachment "Nikol Duman" detachment "Zoravar Andranik" detachment "Meghradzor" detachment	Additional battalions 110 tanks 70+ BTRs and BMPs
Casualties and losses
20 civilians captured (later all released) The entire ethnic Armenian population of Goranboy fled the region[1]	Unknown

Operation Goranboy was a large-scale military offensive by Azerbaijan in the summer of 1992. Its aims were to take complete control of the entire territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and put a decisive end to the secessionist Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). This offensive is regarded as a successful breakthrough by the Azerbaijani Army and marked the peak of Azerbaijani success throughout the entire six years of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

After Azerbaijan's initial military successes, re-grouped Armenian forces repelled the attack, re-capturing most of the seized regions.