Agent S
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Posting this in here, as this thread is much a resource, as an aar of how this mod proceeds. If anyone can find more detailed information, post up. TURKISH ORBAT: The Allies landed against the most heavily defended and best-prepared position in the Ottoman Empire. Furthermore, the defending infantry divisions and commanders, although outnumbered, were the best available in the Ottoman Army, a factor which significantly affected the outcome of the campaign....Man-for-man, the Turks were as effective as their Allied counterparts. Gallipoli: Turkish Defense, March 25th, 1915 HQ 5th Turkish Army [Vehip Pasha] HQ 3rd Army Corps, Gallipoli HQ ?? Army Corps Canakkale Fortress Command (includes 115 guns in 15 forts) 1st Aircraft Squadron (later in the campaign a German detachment joined the Turkish squadron, still later, in early 1916, as the Allies were withdrawing, the 6th Aircraft Squadron joined.) [Turkish Navy deployments are given separately] 5th Division, Bulair 7th Division, Bulair 3rd Division, Kum Kale 11th Division, Kum Kale 9th Division, Cape Hellas 19th Division, Gaba Tepe (in reserve) [Mustafa Kemal] NotesWhen 3rd Army Corps reinforced the Gallipoli Peninsula defenses, it arrived with the 7th and 18th Divisions. We have no knowledge of what happened to the 18th Division. The shadowy presence of Liman von Sanders, the legendary general who was chief German advisor to the Turkish Army, hovers everywhere. Gallipoli: Turkish Counteroffensive, August 1915 [Not only are details scarce about units and formations - we consulted approximately 30 websites just to get the little we have - because the battle arena was geographically small, Turkish regiments and divisions were all mixed up, with the situation getting worse as the counteroffensive progressed. Reconstructing an accurate orbat is difficult under these circumstances. We have put down such corps, divisions and regiments as was possible.] 3rd Turkish Army [Kemal Yer] 5th Turkish Army [Vehip Pasha] 3rd Army Corps [Ehad Pasha; Chief-of-Staff Fahrettin Bey] Deployed opposite ANZAC 5th Division <-> 14th Infantry Regiment 9th Division <-> 25th Infantry Regiment; 64th Infantry Regiment 16th Division <->47th Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Regiment, 125th Infantry Regiment 19th Division [Mustafa Kemal]<->18th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Regiment, 57th Infantry Regiment, 72nd Infantry Regiment 4th Cavalry Brigade [deployed north, to protect Tayfi area] 16th Army Corps (also called Saros Group) [Fevzi Bey] Reinforces and takes position in area Bulair-Enez-Kavak 6th Division 7th Division 12th Division ??th Army Corps (is the Asian group of three divisions?) [Faik Pasha] Might have been an ad hoc formation 4th Division 8th Division [Ali Reza Beg] - 10th Infantry Regiment - 23rd Infantry Regiment - 24th Infantry Regiment 11th Division Unidentified Regiments - 13th, 15th, 28th, 30th, 41st , and 64th Regiments are mentioned in the 3rd Corps Area - 11th and 25th Regiments are mentioned, as are 16th and 19th Regimentsinformation from: http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/turkey/gallipoli1915.html also this
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