Дружба Остеррайху з турками

ÖNB Bildarchiv Austria.
Türkische Tragtiere bei Miesczegsow.

 

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Розташування ХV турецького корпуса на фронті станом на жовтень 1916 р.

 

ÖNB Bildarchiv Austria.
General FML Hofmann commander of Kuk XX AK visitnig turkish 19th Inf Div. at Galizia. He gets into the arm of turkish Col. Ali Şefik Bey (Aker).

 

Пару років тому в Польші вийшла книга спогадів турецького лейтенанта
Mehmet Şevki Yazman
"Gdziez jest ta Galicja panie dowódco?
Mehmecik w Europie. Turcy na froncie galicyjskim 1916 – 1917”
Як скінчится карантин, буду в Варшаві, то треба буде прикупити.

 

Склад, командири і коротка історія перебування XV корпуса в Галичині.

Spoiler: The XV Corps of the Ottoman Empire

The troops of 15th Army Corps started to leave for Galicia on 23 July 1916 and the last troops left on 11 August 1916.There were 4 Army Corps under the command of German Army (South) in Galicia Front.15th Army Corps would be the fifth one.15th Army Corps consisted of 2 Divisions. (19th and 20th Divisions)
The Organisation of 15th Army Corps was like that:

Corps Headquarters:
15th Army Corps Commander Colonel Yakup Sevki (Later to be Brigadier General on 8 October 1916)
Brigadier General Cevat (Assigned on 10 November 1916)
15th Army Corps Chief of Staff Liutenant-Colonel Hayri
Liutenant-Colonel Sefik
Major S. Avni

19th Division:
19th Division Commander Liutenant-Colonel Sefik
Liutenant-Colonel Sedat(Assigned on 16 October 1916)
19th Division Chief of Staff Major Lutfu
3 Infantry Regiments (All regiments were consisted of 4 batallions.)
57th Infantry Regiment (Commander; Major Hayri)
72th Infantry Regiment (Commander; Major Rifat)
77th Infantry Regiment (Commander; Yarbay Saip)
2 Machine Gun Detachments
Cavalry Company (5th Company of the 4th Cavalry Regiment)
Artillery Regiment (Commander; Major Ziya. 2nd Rapid Firing Batallion of 25th Artillery Regiment and 1st Batallion of 9th Artillery Regiment)
Engineer Company (4th Company of 3rd Engineer Batallion)
19th Medical Company
Signal Group

20th Division:
20th Division Commander Liutenant-Colonel Yasin Hilmi
20th Division Chief of Staff Captain Ismail Hakki
3 Infantry Regiments (All regiments were consisted of 4 batallions.)
61st Infantry Regiment (Commander; Liutenant-Colonel Bahattin)
62nd Infantry Regiment (Commander; Major Nazmi)
63rd Infantry Regiment (Commander; Major Ahmed Muhtar)
2 Machine Gun Detachments
Cavalry Company (6th Company of 12nd Cavalry Regiment)
20th Artillery Regiment (Commander; Major Suleyman Avni)
Engineers Company (4th Company of 4th Engineers Batallion)
German Aid
On August 1916, German Army gave 18 artillery pieces with different sizes and 2 flame throwers.In September 1916, 30 Russian machine guns were given to 15th Army Corps.In December 1916, 15th Army Corps was equipped with 72 German(1915 model) light machine guns.

… A recruitment board was established in each army corps district; in division zones there were recruitment offices and, in some provinces, the branch offices.

Enver Pasha was the supreme commander of the Ottoman Army. He believed that the result of the war will be decided in European soil. So he decided to send 3 well equipped korps to Eastern Europe to help the Germans and Austrians. It was a great act of stupidity that even Liman von Sanders tried to prevent Enver Pasha doing that.
15th Army Corps (19th and 20th Divisions) were sent to Galicia, 6th Army Corps to Romania and 20th Army Corps along with 177th Reinforced Infantry Regiment to Macedonia. The first troops of 15th Army Corps arrived in Galicia in the end of July 1916.First troops of 6th Army Corps arrived in Romania in the second week of September. The first troops of 20th Army Corps arrived to Macedonia in the end of September.177th Infantry Regiment arrived in December 1916.

Casulties(23 July 1916-15 July 1917)
15th Army Corps went to Galicia with nearly 33.000 men. In July 1917, there were 15000 wounded and dead. Among these men, there were 100 dead officers and 120 wounded officers.

Awards
15th Army Corps was closely watched during the campaign. After every success, they were congratulated by Kaiser and the Sultan.
On 22 January 1917, many officers were awarded with Iron Cross. On the same day, all regimental flags of 15th Army Corps were awarded by the Sultan.
15th Army Corps CO Brigadier General Cevat was awarded by Austria-Hungary Emperor Karl.
In July 1917, Sultan awarded 61st and 63rd Infantry Regiments were awarded by Sultan with Ottoman War Medal. On the very same day, some officers were awarded with Iron Cross.

 

Интересная фотка, подписано: "турецкая пехота у Рогатина (Ивано-Франковская обл.), 1917"

 

По моему немцы это ....？

 

Посмотрите на форму турков времен ПМВ, и вопросы отпадут, они действительно много её элементов в Германии покупали, но есть и кардинальные отличия.

 

Турецькі офіцери. Підвисоке. ONB.

 

World War I, Eastern front: offensive of the Central Powers in East Galicia and Wolhynia from end of July 1917, Turkish positions on Dzikiy Lani Hill near Brzezany - 08.08.1917

 

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