19th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)

The 19th Infantry Division was a formation of the Ottoman Turkish Army, during the Balkan Wars, and the First World War. It is widely believed by present day Arab historians that two-thirds of the Ottoman Army were Arab conscripts from what is today Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and 'Palestine'.^[1] And of the 87,000 Ottoman troops who died defending Gallipoli, many were Arabs.

Formation

Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal

57th Regiment: Major Avni
- 1st Battalion Captain Ahmet Zeki
- 2nd Battalion Captain Ata
- 3rd Battalion Captain Hayri
72nd Regiment: Major Mehmet Münir
77th Regiment: Captain Saip
39th Artillery Regiment: Major Halil Kemal

Ottoman Forces during the Balkan Wars

Army	Eastern 1^st Eastern 2^nd Eastern Western Vardar Chataldja Gallipoli

Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XVII Reserve XVIII Reserve Scutari Maydos Bolayır Struma Yanya Karadağ Border

Detachments	Firzovik Galip Pasha İpek Karaburun Kavak Kırcaali Menderes Nevrekop Priştine Taşlıca

Fortified Areas	Dardanelles Bosporus Chataldja Adrianople Yanya İşkodra Erzurum

Regular Infantry Divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

Reserve Infantry Divisions	Adrianople Afyon Amasya Aydın Babaeski Çanakkale Denizli Drama Edremit Elbesan Fatih Gümülcine İştip İzmit Kastamonu Kırcaali Konya Kozana Mamuretülaziz Manastır Metroviça Nasliç Pirzerin Salonika Samsun Serez Smyrna Trabzon Uşak Üsküp Yanya Yozgat

Cavalry Divisions	Ind. Cav. 1st Tribal Cav. 2nd Tribal Cav. 3rd Tribal Cav. 4th Tribal Cav.

Ottoman Navy	Fleet organisation

Ottoman Forces during World War I

Army groups	Caucasus Army Group Yildirim Army Group Eastern Army Group

Army	1st Army 2nd Army 3rd Army 4th Army 5th Army 6th Army 7th Army 8th Army 9th Army

Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXV Iraq Area Halil I Kaf. II Kaf. Hejaz

Fortified areas	Dardanelles Bosporus Chataldja Adrianople Smyrna Erzurum Kars,

Infantry divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 1 Kaf. 2 Kaf. 3 Kaf. 5 Kaf. 9 Kaf. 10 Kaf. 11 Kaf. 36 Kaf. 37 Kaf.

Other divisions	1 Cav. 2 Cav. 3 Cav. Van Gendarmerie

Others	1st Exp. 5th Exp. German Asia Africa Hejaz Exp. 1st Pro. 2nd Pro. Islam. 57. Reg. 177. Reg.

References

↑ "Autobiography and the Great War: Rethinking Arabo-Turkish Identity after Gallipoli". UCLA International Institute.