V Corps
Beşinci Kolordu
Active1911–1917
CountryOttoman Empire
TypeCorps
Garrison/HQSalonika, Ankara
PatronSultans of the Ottoman Empire
EngagementsGallipoli Campaign (World War I)
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Mirliva Mustafa Fevzi Pasha (December 22, 1913-April 1916[1])

The V Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 5 nci Kolordu or Beşinci 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 V Corps was headquartered in Salonika. The Corps before the First Balkan War in 1911 was structured as such:[2]

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[3]

Order of Battle, November 12, 1912

On November 12, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[4]

Order of Battle, November 16, 1912

On November 16, 1912, the corps was structured as follows:[5]

World War I

Order of Battle, August 1914

In August 1914, the corps was structured as follows:[6]

Order of Battle, November 1914, late April 1915

In November 1914, Late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:[7]

Order of Battle, late Summer 1915, January 1916

In late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[8]

Order of Battle, August 1916

In August 1916, the corps was structured as follows:[9]

Order of Battle, December 1916, August 1917

In December 1916, August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:[10]

Sources

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 54. (in Turkish)
  2. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, pp. 375-376.
  3. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
  4. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 188.
  5. ^ Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 191.
  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. 38.
  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. 43, 86.
  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. 109, 126.
  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. 134.
  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. 154, 170.
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