Английская Википедия:III Corps (Ottoman Empire)
The III Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 3üncü Kolordu or Üçüncü Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.
Formation
Order of Battle, 1911
With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the III Corps was headquartered in Kırk Kilise. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:[1]
- III Corps, Kırk Kilise
- 7th Infantry Division, Kırk Kilise (Miralay Hilmi)
- 19th Infantry Regiment, Yemen
- 20th Infantry Regiment, Kırk Kilise
- 21st Infantry Regiment, Tırnovacık
- 7th Rifle Battalion, Yemen
- 7th Field Artillery Regiment, Kırk Kilise
- 7th Division Band, Kırk Kilise
- 8th Infantry Division, Çorlu (Mirliva Celâl Pasha)
- 9th Infantry Division, Babaeski (Miralay Kadri)
- 25th Infantry Regiment, Yemen
- 26th Infantry Regiment, Babaeski
- 27th Infantry Regiment, Lüleburgaz
- 9th Rifle Battalion, Yemen
- 9th Field Artillery Regiment, Lüleburgaz
- 9th Division Band, Babaeski
- 7th Infantry Division, Kırk Kilise (Miralay Hilmi)
- Units of III Corps
- 3rd Rifle Regiment, Kırk Kilise
- 3rd Cavalry Brigade, Kırk Kilise
- 7th Cavalry Regiment, Çorlu
- 8th Cavalry Regiment, Kırk Kilise
- 10th Cavalry Regiment, Marmara Ereğlisi
- 2nd Mountain Artillery Battalion, Marmara Ereğlisi
- 3rd Mountain Artillery Battalion, Marmara Ereğlisi
- 2nd Field Howitzer Battalion, Adrianople
- 3rd Engineer Battalion, Adrianople
- 2nd Transport Battalion, Kırk Kilise
- Border companies x 2
Balkan Wars
Order of Battle, October 17, 1912
On October 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[2]
- III Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Eastern Army)
- 7th Division, 8th Division, 9th Division
- Afyon Karahisar Redif Division
Order of Battle, October 29, 1912
On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[3]
- III Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Second Eastern Army)
- 7th Division, 8th Division, 9th Division
- Konya Redif Division, Amasya Redif Division
Order of Battle, November 17, 1912
On November 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[4]
- III Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army)
- 7th Division, 8th Division, 9th Division
- South Wing Detachment
- III Provisional Reserve Corps
- Selimiye Redif Division, Fatih Redif Division, Afyon Redif Division
Order of Battle, March 25, 1913
On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows:[5]
- III Provisional Reserve Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army)
- 3rd Division
- Yozgat Redif Division
- III Corps (Thrace, under the command of the Chataldja Army)
Order of Battle, July 1913
- III Corps
World War I
Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914
In August 1914, November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:[6]
- III Corps (Thrace)
Order of Battle, April 1915
In late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:[7]
- III Corps (Gallipoli)[8]
- 7th Division, 9th Division, 19th Division
Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916
In late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[9]
- III Corps (Gallipoli)
- 7thШаблон:Clarify Division, 8th Division, 9th Division, 19th Division
Order of Battle, August 1916
In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[10]
- III Corps (Caucasus)
Order of Battle, August 1917
In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[11]
- III Corps (Syria)
Order of Battle, January 1918
In January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[12]
- III Corps (Palestine)
- 1st Division, 19th Division, 24th Division
Order of Battle, September 1918
In September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[13]
- III Corps (Palestine)
- 1st Division, 11th Division
The Ottoman III Corps has been described as consisting of 7th, 8th and 9th Infantry Divisions from the beginning of the war to late April 1915 when the 19th Infantry Division was added while it was serving at Gallipoli. In August 1916 while serving in the Caucasus it is said to have consisted of 1st, 7th, 14th and 53rd Infantry Divisions and by August 1917 it formed part of the 7th Army in Palestine and made up of the 224th and 50th Infantry Divisions. By January 1918 it consisted of 1st, 19th and 24th Infantry Divisions with the 3rd Cavalry Division added in June 1918.[14]
After Mudros
Order of Battle, November 1918
In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[15]
- III Corps (Syria)
- 11th Division, 24th Division
Order of Battle, January 1919
In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:[16][17]
- III Corps (Anatolia, Sivas, Commander: Miralay Selâhaddin Bey)
- 15th Division (Samsun)
- 9th Infantry Regiment, 13th Infantry Regiment, 15th Infantry Regiment
- 5th Caucasian Division (Trabzon)
- 13th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Regiment, 56th Infantry Regiment
- 15th Division (Samsun)
Sources
See also
Шаблон:Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars Шаблон:Ottoman Forces during World War I
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 373–374.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 128.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 38, 43.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 86.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 109, 126.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 134.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 170.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 181.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 197.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book p. 14, & Erickson 2001 tables 4.2, 5.4, 6.1, 7.1 and 7.3
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 202.
- ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 209.
- ↑ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918-1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 326.
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