The I Caucasian Corps of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
(
Turkish: ''1 nci Kafkas Kolordusu'' or ''Birinci Kafkas Kolordusu'') was one of the
corps
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of the
Ottoman Army
The military of the Ottoman Empire ( tr, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun silahlı kuvvetleri) was the armed forces of the Ottoman Empire.
Army
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. It was formed during
World War I
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.
Formations
Order of Battle, December 1916, August 1917, January 1918
In December 1916, August 1917, January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 154, 170, 181.]
*I Caucasian Corps (Caucasus)
**
9th Caucasian Division,
10th Caucasian Division,
36th Caucasian Division
Order of Battle, June 1918
In June 1918, the corps was structured as follows:
[Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwood Press, 2001, , p. 188.]
*I Caucasian Corps (Caucasus)
**9th Caucasian Division, 10th Caucasian Division,
15th Division
Sources
Corps of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
1916 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
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