The XII Corps of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 (Turkish

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: 12 nci Kolordu or On İkinci Kolordu) was one of the corps

Corps

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 of the Ottoman Army. It was formed in the early 20th century during Ottoman military reforms.

Order of Battle, 1911

With further reorganizations of the Ottoman Army, to include the creation of corps level headquarters, by 1911 the XI Corps was headquartered in Musul

Mosul

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. The Corps before the First Balkan War

First Balkan War

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 in 1911 was structured as such:

• XII Corps, Musul
  Mosul
  Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...
  
  
  • 35th Infantry Division, Musul
    • 103rd Infantry Regiment, Revandiz
      Rowanduz
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    • 104th Infantry Regiment, Musul
    • 105th Infantry Regiment, Musul
    • 35th Rifle Battalion, Musul
    • 35th Field Artillery Regiment, Musul
    • 35th Division Band, Musul
  • 36th Infantry Division, Kerkük
    Kirkuk
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    • 106st Infantry Regiment, Kerkük
    • 107nd Infantry Regiment, Kerkük
    • 108rd Infantry Regiment, Süleymaniye
      Sulaymaniyah
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    • 36th Rifle Battalion, Kerkük
    • 36th Division Band, Kerkük

• Units of XII Corps
• 13th Cavalry Brigade, Kerkük
  • 33rd Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük
  • 34th Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük
  • 35th Cavalry Regiment, Kerkük
• Border companies x 8

Order of Battle, August 1914

In August 1914, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Mesopotamia)
  • 35th Division, 36th Division

Order of Battle, November 1914

In November 1914, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria)
  • 35th Division, 36th Division

Order of Battle, Late April 1915

In Late April 1915, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria)
  • 38th Division

Order of Battle, Late Summer 1915, January 1916

In Late Summer 1915, January 1916, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria-Palestine)
  • 41st Division, 42nd Division, 46th Division

Order of Battle, August 1916, December 1916

In August 1916, December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria-Palestine)
  • 41st Division, 42nd Division, 43rd Division, 46th Division

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria-Palestine)
  • 3rd Division, 7th Division53rd Division

Order of Battle, January 1918

In January 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria)
  • 3rd Division, 7th Division, 20th Division

Order of Battle, June 1918

In June 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Palestine)
  • 3rd Division, 7th Division, 20th Division

Order of Battle, September 1918

In September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Anatolia)
  • 23rd Division

Order of Battle, November 1918

In November 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Syria)
  • 23rd Division

Order of Battle, January 1919

In January 1919, the corps was structured as follows:

• XII Corps (Anatolia, Konya
  Konya
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  • 11th Division (Niğde
    Nigde
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    • 12th Infantry Regiment, 33rd Infantry Regiment, 127th Infantry Regiment
  • 41st Division (Karaman
    Karaman
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    • 131st Infantry Regiment, 132nd Infantry Regiment, 139th Infantry Regiment
  • 7th Cavalry Regiment
  • 20th Cavalry Regiment