XV Corps (Ottoman Empire)

XV Corps
On Beşinci Kolordu
Active 1915–
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Gallipoli Campaign (World War I)
Eastern Front (World War I)
Brusilov Offensive (Galicia Front)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Mirliva Weber Pasha (April 4, 1915[1]-)
Miralay Yakup Şevki Bey (May 3, 1916 – November 18, 1916[2])
Mirliva Cevat Pasha (November 18, 1916 – August 19, 1917[3])
Miralay Ahmet Fevzi Bey
Mirliva Mehmet Ali Pasha
Mirliva Ali Rıza Pasha
Mirliva Kâzım Karabekir Pasha (March 3, 1919 – June 9, 1920[4])

The XV Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 15 nci Kolordu or On Beşinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I. Ottoman XV Army Corps sustained overall losses of around 25,000 in Galicia.[5]

480 soldiers of the XV Corps, who fought on the Galicia front and died, are buried at the Budapest Turkish Memorial Cemetery within the New Public Cemetery (Hungarian: Új köztemető) in Budapest, Hungary. Eleven graves are of unknown soldiers.[6]

World War I

Order of Battle, April 1915

In April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:[7]

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[8]

Order of Battle, December 1916

In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[9]

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[10]

Order of Battle, January 1918, June 1918

In January, June 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[11]

Order of Battle, September 1918

In 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

Commander of XV Corps (later Eastern Front of the Army of the Grand National Assembly) Mirliva Kâzım Karabekir Pasha in 1919

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

Sources

  1. ↑ BOA, İ. HB, 1333. Ca/36
  2. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 67. (Turkish)
  3. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 23. (Turkish)
  4. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 162. (Turkish)
  5. ↑ Atlı, Altay (25 September 2008). "Campaigns, Galicia". turkesywar.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
  6. ↑ "Budapeşte hakkında bilgiler" [Information about Budapest] (in Turkish). Dışişleri Bakanlığı. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  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. 87.
  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. 134.
  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. 154.
  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. 170.
  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. 181, 188.
  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. 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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