I Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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I Corps
1 nci Kolordu / Birinci Kolordu
Active1911–
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Harbiye, Constantinople
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Gallipoli Campaign (World War I)

The I Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 1 nci KolorduorBirinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army consisting of ethnic Albanians. [1] It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

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Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganization of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps-level headquarters, by 1911 the I Corps was headquartered in Harbiye. Before the First Balkan War in 1911, the corps was structured as such: [2]

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 17, 1912

On October 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows: [3]

Order of Battle, October 29, 1912

On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows: [4]

Order of Battle, November 17, 1912

On November 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows: [5]

Order of Battle, March 25, 1913

On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows: [6]

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914

In August 1914, November 1914, the corps was structured as follows: [7]

Order of Battle, Late April 1915

In late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows: [8]

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [9]

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [10]

Order of Battle, December 1916

In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [11]

Order of Battle, August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918

In August 1917, January 1918, June 1918, September 1918, the corps was structured as follows: [12]

After Mudros

Order of Battle, November 1918

In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows: [13]

Order of Battle, January 1919

In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows: [14] [15]

Sources

  1. ↑ Tucker, Spencer (2009). A global chronology of conflict: from the ancient world to the modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 1549. ISBN   978-1-85109-667-1 . Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 371–372.
  3. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.
  4. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103.
  5. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 128.
  6. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
  7. ↑ 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. 38, 43.
  8. ↑ 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. 86.
  9. ↑ 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. 109, 126.
  10. ↑ 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. 134.
  11. ↑ 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. 154.
  12. ↑ 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, 181, 188, 197.
  13. ↑ 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. 202.
  14. ↑ 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. 209.
  15. ↑ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN   975-16-1372-8, p. 326.

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