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	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.