VI Corps
Altıncı Kolordu
Active1911–
CountryOttoman Empire
TypeCorps
Garrison/HQMonastır, Aleppo
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Mustafa Hilmi Pasha

The VI Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 6 ncı Kolordu or Altıncı Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms. It is most notable for its participation in the offensive phase of the 1916 Romanian Campaign of World War I, where it was involved in heavy action all throughout the five months, inflicting heavy casualties on the Russo-Romanians and breaking through the Allied lines in several key areas.[1] Additionally the VI Corps took 8,512 prisoners in Romania, including 6,512 Russians and 2,000 Romanians.[2]

Formation

Order of Battle, 1911

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

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[4]

Order of Battle, July 1913

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914, November 1914

In August 1914, November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:[5]

Order of Battle, Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In Late April 1915, Late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[6]

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[7]

Order of Battle, December 1916, August 1917

In December 1916, August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[8]

Order of Battle, June 1918

Sources

  1. ^ Erickson 2001, p. 140-145
  2. ^ Arslan, Nebahat Oran: Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nda Türkiye’de Rus Savaş Esirleri [Russian Prisoners of War in Turkey During World War One], Istanbul 2008, pp. 112–113.
  3. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 376-377.
  4. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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. 86, 109, 126.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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, 170.

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