II Corps (Ottoman Empire)

II Corps
İkinci Kolordu
Active 1911–
Country Ottoman Empire
Type Corps
Garrison/HQ Tekfur Dağı, Adrianople
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements Gallipoli Campaign (World War I)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Mirliva Çolak Faik Pasha
Miralay Nikolai
Miralay Cafer Tayyar Bey (1916-1917[1])
Miralay Kâzım Karabekir Bey (April 8-December 27, 1917[2])

The II Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 2 nci Kolordu or İkinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the II Corps was headquartered in Tekfur Dağı. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:[3]

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 17, 1912

On October 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[4]

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[5]

Order of Battle, October 29, 1912

On October 29, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[6]

Order of Battle, November 17, 1912

On November 17, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[7]

Order of Battle, March 25, 1913

On March 25, 1913, the corps was structured as follows:[8]

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914, Late April 1915

In August 1914, November 1914, Late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:[9]

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In Late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[10]

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[11]

Order of Battle, December 1916

In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[12]

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[5]

Order of Battle, September 1918

In September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 130. (Turkish)
  2. ↑ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademlerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, p. 162. (Turkish)
  3. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 372–373.
  4. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 83.
  5. 1 2 Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
  6. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 103.
  7. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 128.
  8. ↑ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 287.
  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. 38, 43, 86.
  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. 109, 126.
  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. 134.
  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. 154.
  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. 197.
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