Caucasus Army Group (Ottoman Empire)

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Caucasus Army Group
Ahmed Izzet Pasha, Ottoman commander in the Caucasus. Die Kaukasusfront. Grosser Bilderatlas des Weltkrieges, Bruckmann.jpg
Ahmet Izzet Pasha and his men
ActiveMarch 8, 1917 [1] [2] - December 16, 1917 [3]
CountryFlag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Ottoman Empire
Type Army group
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Caucasus Campaign (World War I)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Ahmet Izzet Pasha (March 8, 1917 [1] [2] - December 16, 1917 [3] )

The Caucasus Army Group or Caucasian Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Kafkas Ordular Grubu) was one of the army groups of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.

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Formation

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the army group was structured as follows: [4]

Sources

  1. 1 2 İsmet Görgülü, On Yıllık Harbin Kadrosu 1912-1922. Balkan - Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Harbi, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1993, p. 123. (in Turkish)
  2. 1 2 Enis Şahin, Trabzon ve Batum konferansları ve antlaşmaları, 1917-1918, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2002, p. 155. (in Turkish)
  3. 1 2 Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwoodpress, 2001, ISBN   0-313-31516-7, p. 180.
  4. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN   0-313-31516-7, p. 170.

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