XI Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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XI Corps
On Birinci Kolordu
Active1911–
CountryFlag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Van, Ma'murat-ül Aziz
PatronImperial standard of the Ottoman Sultan.svg Ottoman Sultan
Engagements Caucasus Campaign (World War I)
Battle of Sarikamish
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Mirliva Galip Pasha
Mirliva Abdülkerim Pasha
Miralay Selâhattin Âdil Bey (1916-October 20, 1916 [1] )

The XI Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 11 nci KolorduorOn Birinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

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Formation

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the XI Corps was headquartered in Van. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such: [2]

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914, April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916

In August 1914, November 1914, Late April 1915, Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [3]

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 118. (in Turkish)
  2. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 381.
  3. 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, 86, 109, 126, 134.


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