Turkish Army order of battle in 1941
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This is the order of battle
of the Turkish Army
in June 1941. The formation named 941-A Seferî Kuruluş was as follows:
First Army (Istanbul
, Commander: Fahrettin Altay
)
Second Army (Balıkesir
, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman
)
Third Army (Erzincan
, Commander: Kâzım Orbay
)
Under the direct control of the General Staff (Ankara
, Fevzi Çakmak
)
Order of battle
In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...
of the Turkish Army
Turkish Army
The Turkish Army or Turkish Land Forces is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The modern history of the army began with its formation after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire...
in June 1941. The formation named 941-A Seferî Kuruluş was as follows:
First Army (Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
, Commander: Fahrettin Altay
Fahrettin Altay
Fahrettin Altay was an Ottoman officer and Turkish general.He was born to Ismail Bey and Hayriye Hanım in İşkodra ....
)
- Thrace Area
- X Corps (KırklareliKirklareliKırklareli is the capital of Kırklareli Province in Eastern Thrace, on the European part of Turkey. The province has a coastline on the Black Sea. There is a Jewish community.-Name:It is not clearly known when the city was founded, nor under what name...
)- 46th Infantry Division
- K.Gr.
- 2nd Cavalry Division
- Independent Armored Brigade
- 26th Infantry Brigade
- Kırklareli Brigade
- X Corps (Kırklareli
- Çatalca Area
- XX Corps
- 23rd Infantry Division
- 24th Infantry Division
- 33rd Infantry Division
- 52nd Infantry Division
- IV Corps (ÇatalcaÇatalcaÇatalca is a city and a rural district in Istanbul, Turkey. It is in Thrace, on the ridge between the Marmara and the Black Sea. Most people living in Çatalca are either farmers or those visiting vacation homes. Many families from Istanbul come to Çatalca during weekends to hike in the forests or...
)- 8th Infantry Division
- 22nd Infantry Division
- 28th Infantry Division
- 64th Infantry Division
- Çatalca Fortified Area Command
- III Corps (ÇorluÇorluÇorlu is a northwestern Turkish city in inland Eastern Thrace that falls under the administration of the Province of Tekirdağ. It is a rapidly developing industrial center built on flatland located off the E80 highway between Istanbul and Turkey's border with Greece and Bulgaria. As of the 2000...
)- 1st Infantry Division
- 61st Infantry Division
- 46th Infantry Division
- 62nd Infantry Division
- XX Corps
- Istanbul and Bosporus Area
- Istanbul Command
- 11th Infantry Division
- Bosporus Fortified Area Command
- Istanbul Command
Second Army (Balıkesir
Balikesir
Balıkesir is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 265,747 inhabitants. Old name is Karesi or Karasi.- History :...
, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman
Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman was an officer of the Ottoman Army and the general of the Turkish Army.-Works:*Piyadenin Muharebesi*Piyade Takımının Muharegesi...
)
- Dardanelles and Marmara Area
- II Corps (GeliboluGeliboluGelibolu, also known as Gallipoli , is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on the southern shore of the peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles strait, two miles away from Lapseki on the other...
)- 4th Infantry Division
- 69th Infantry Division
- 32rd Infantry Division
- 66th Infantry Division
- 72nd Infantry Brigade
- Demirkapı Fortified Area Command
- I Corps (ÇanakkaleÇanakkaleÇanakkale is a town and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 106,116 . The mayor is Ülgür Gökhan ....
)- 16th Infantry Division
- 57th Infantry Division
- Dardanelles Fortified Area CommandDardanelles Fortified Area CommandThe Dardanelles Fortified Area Command or Mediterranean Strait Fortified Area Command or Çanakkale Fortified Area Command was the Ottoman fortified area...
- V Corps (Bursa)
- 5th Infantry Division
- 6th Infantry Division
- 25th Infantry Division
- II Corps (Gelibolu
- Aegean and Mediterranean coasts
- XII Corps (İzmirIzmirIzmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
)- 70th Infantry Division
- 71st Infantry Division
- 63rd Infantry Division
- İzmir Fortified Area Command
- Antalya Brigade
- XII Corps (İzmir
Third Army (Erzincan
Erzincan
-Trivia:Erzincan has the largest man made of Portrait of Atatürk, located north of the city, 176m×43m. It covers 7,500 square meter. Turkish Army made it 1982, in 29 days by 3,000 soldier, 100 tons of black and white paint was used...
, Commander: Kâzım Orbay
Kazim Orbay
Mehmet Kâzım Orbay was a Turkish general and senator. He served as the third Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.-Biography:Kâzım Orbay was born in Smyrna , Ottoman Empire in 1887...
)
- Eastern Area
- IX Corps (SarıkamışSarıkamışSarıkamış is a town and a district of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. The population is 17,860 as of 2010.The town sits in a valley and is surrounded by mountains, many of which are covered with pine forests. It has very long winters, with average of 7–8 ft of...
)- 9th Infantry Division
- 3rd Infantry Division
- 29th Infantry Division
- 1st Cavalry Division
- Erzurum Fortified Area Command
- VIII Corps (MerzifonMerzifonMerzifon is a town and district in Amasya Province in the central Black Sea region of Turkey. It covers an area of 970 km², and the population is 69,237 of which 52,947 live in the town of Merzifon, the remainder spread throughout the surrounding countryside...
)- 12th Infantry Division
- 15th Infantry Division
- VII Corps (DiyarbakırDiyarbakırDiyarbakır is one of the largest cities in southeastern Turkey...
)- 2nd Infantry Division
- 10th Infantry Division
- 53rd Infantry Division
- XVIII Corps (KarsKarsKars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. The population of the city is 73,826 as of 2010.-Etymology:As Chorzene, the town appears in Roman historiography as part of ancient Armenia...
)- 48th Infantry Division
- 51st Infantry Division
- 67th Infantry Division
- Kars Fortified Area Command
- IX Corps (Sarıkamış
Under the direct control of the General Staff (Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, Fevzi Çakmak
Fevzi Çakmak
Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak was a Turkish soldier , politician. Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, National Defence Minister, Prime minister of Ankara government, the second Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Grand National Assembly and the first Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of...
)
- Kocaeli Area
- VI Corps (Kocaeli)
- 7th Infantry Division
- 41st Infantry Division
- 17th Infantry Division
- VI Corps (Kocaeli)
- Syrian Border
- XVII Corps (MaraşKahramanmaras-Industry:Kahramanmaraş's industry is mainly based on textile and ice cream. Kahramanmaraş is one of the biggest textile industry cities of Turkey. Companies like Kipaş, İskur, Arsan and Bozkurt are one of the richest companies in the city...
)- 20th Infantry Division
- 39th Infantry Division
- 14th Cavalry Division
- 68th Infantry Brigade
- XVII Corps (Maraş