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II Caucasian Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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II Caucasian Corps
İkinci Kafkas Kolordusu
ActiveSeptember 1916–
CountryOttoman Empire
TypeCorps
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
EngagementsCaucasus Campaign (World War I)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Mirliva Mustafa Fevzi Pasha (September 7-July 5, 1917)
Mirliva Yakup Şevki Pasha (August 10, 1917-June 8, 1918)
Military unit

The II Caucasian Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 2 nci Kafkas Kolordusu or İkinci Kafkas Kolordusu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.

Formations

Order of Battle, December 1916, August 1917, January 1918

In December 1916, August 1917, January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

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. 54. (in Turkish)
  2. T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, p. 67. (in Turkish)
  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. 154, 170, 181.
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