X Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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X Corps
Onuncu Kolordu
Active 1911–
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Erzincan, Sivas
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Battle of Şarköy (First Balkan War)
Caucasus Campaign (World War I)
Battle of Sarikamish
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Mirliva Ziya Pasha
Miralay Hafiz Hakki Bey
Mirliva Yusuf Izzet Pasha (November 1914-1916 [1] )

The X Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 10 ncu KolorduorOnuncu 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

Order of Battle, 1911

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

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, January 7, 1913

On January 7, 1913, the Provisional X Corps was structured as follows: [3]

Order of Battle, March 25, 1913

On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows: [4]

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

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

In November 1914, Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, August 1916, the corps was structured as follows: [5]

Sources

  1. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 69. (in Turkish)
  2. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 380.
  3. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 260.
  4. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
  5. 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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