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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