The XXI Corps of the
Ottoman Empire
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(
Turkish
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: ''21 nci Kolordu ''or'' Yirmi Birinci Kolordu'') was one of the
corps
Corps (; plural ''corps'' ; from French , from the Latin "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization. A military innovation by Napoleon I, the formation was first named as such in 1805. The size of a corps varies great ...
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
The military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the ...
. It was formed during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
World War I
Order of Battle, August 1917, January 1918, June 1918
In August 1917, January 1918, 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. 170, 181, 188.]
*XXI Corps (Gallipoli)
**
49th Division
Order of Battle, September 1918
In September 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. 197.]
*XXI Corps (Gallipoli)
**
49th Division
After Mudros
Order of Battle, November 1918
In November 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. 202.]
*XXI Corps (Aydın)
**
58th Division
Sources
Corps of the Ottoman Empire
Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in World War I
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