1st Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)

1st Infantry Division
Staff of the 1st Infantry Division
Active	1915 – 13 November 1918
Country	Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Ottoman Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War I Gallipoli Campaign Caucasus Campaign Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez (1 December 1914 – 20 September 1916) Hans Guhr [1] (1 October 1916 – 20 October 1918) Hulusi Bey (20 October 1918 – ? )

The 1st Infantry Division was among the Ottoman Army's several divisions formed during the period of the Great War.

Formations

• Zığındere, Gallipoli; Commander: Cafer Tayyar, December 1914 – 10 January 1916, 1st Army – I Corps ^{[2] [3]}
  • 70th Infantry Regiment
  • 71st Infantry Regiment
  • 124th Infantry Regiment

• Göynük, Van; Commander: Hans Guhr, Assigned to 2nd Army – 3rd Corps ^{[4] [5]}
• Cifna, Palestine; Commander: Hans Guhr (Under 7th Army – 3rd Corps) ^[6]
  • 70th Infantry Regiment
  • 71st Infantry Regiment
  • 124th Infantry Regiment
  • Five Batteries from the 1st Field Artillery Regiment
  • One Battery from the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment
  • Four Companies from the 1st Engineer Battalion
  • One Troop from the 5th Cavalry Regiment
  • The 2nd Medical Company along with the 4th and 9th Field Hospitals
  • 6th Field Bakery Detachment

• Aleppo, Commander: Colonel Hulusi Bey, 20 October 1918, 7th Army – 3rd Corps ^[7]
  • 70th Infantry Regiment
  • 109th Infantry Regiment
  • 111th Infantry Regiment

References

Footnotes

1. Guhr, Hans (2007). Anadolu'dan Filistin'e Türklerle Omuz Omuza (in Turkish). İstanbul: Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
2. Erickson 2001 , p. 86
3. Erickson 2001 , p. 109
4. Erickson 2001 , p. 134
5. Guse 2007 , p. 23: "Intelligence indicated that they would launch a large-scale counterattack to recapture Jerusalem. In fact, Turkish forces in the region were reinforced with the 1st Division for this purpose."
6. Nedim 1995 , p. 101: "According to the plan that had been drawn up, four divisions would be used to push the Turks back to their rear lines. These were the 53rd, 60th, 74th and 10th Divisions, moving from east to west. It was decided that the attack would commence on 27 December. However, intelligence indicated that the Turks, based on intercepted radio messages and statements from prisoners, would launch a large-scale counter-offensive to recapture Jerusalem. In fact, Turkish forces in the region were reinforced with the 1st Division for this purpose. For this reason, General Chetwode, commander of the 20th British Corps, decided to defend Jerusalem from the north and northwest with the 53rd and 60th Divisions on the Nablus road and the 74th and 10th Divisions on the Jerusalem road. - Jerusalem road with the 53rd and 60th Divisions, and then, after repelling the Turkish attacks, to continue the operation of pushing the Turkish forces back to the rear lines with the 74th and 10th Divisions."
7. Erickson 2001 , p. 181

Books

• Erickson, Edward J. (2001). Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War. Contributions in Military Studies, no. 201. Foreword by General Hüseyin Kivrikoğlu. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. xxiv, 265. ISBN   0-313-31516-7. ISSN   0883-6884.
• Guse, Felix (2007). Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda Kafkas Cephesi’ndeki Muharebeler (PDF) (in Turkish). Translated by Hakkı Akoğuz. Hazırlayan: Alev Keskin. Ankara: Genelkurmay Askeri Tarih ve Stratejik Etüt Başkanlığı Yayınları.
• Nedim, Şükrü Mahmut (1995). Filistin Savaşı (1914-1918) (PDF) (in Turkish). Translated by Abdullah Es. Ankara: Genelkurmay Askeri Tarih ve Stratejik Etüt Başkanlığı Yayınları. pp. 51–87.