3rd Army (Ottoman Empire)
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Ottoman 3rd Army |
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 Third Army machine gun troop on the Eastern Front during the Battle of Sarıkamış, 1915 |
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| active | ? until October 1918 |
| Country | Ottoman Empire |
| Armed forces | Ottoman army |
| Type | Field army |
| Subordinate troops |
8th, 9th, 10th, corps; 2nd Cavalry Division |
| Strength | 120,000 |
| Location | Salonika ; Erzincan |
| equipment | 168 guns; 44 machine guns |
| Butcher | Battle of Sarıkamış |
The 3rd Army was a field army of the Ottoman Empire that fought in World War I.
The army was originally founded in the Balkans and had its headquarters in Salonika . She formed the main force in the military of the Young Turkish Revolution of 1908 . Many officers of the Third Army, such as Enver Pascha and Mustafa Kemal Pascha , later gained notoriety and power. During the First World War, the army was deployed in the northern and eastern areas of the Ottoman Empire. She suffered a heavy defeat at the Battle of Sarıkamış , after the battle the army consisted of only 60,000 soldiers.
Commander in World War I
- Hasan İzzet Pasha (until December 18, 1914)
- Enver Pascha (December 19, 1914 - January 8, 1915)
- Hafız Hakkı Pasha (January 8, 1915 - February 12, 1915)
- Mahmut Kamil Pascha (February 13, 1915 - February 1916)
- Vehib Pasha (February 1916 - June 1918)
- Esat Pascha (June 1918 until the end of the war)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces: Turkish Armed Forces ( memento of March 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), March 2008