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Caucasus Army Group (Ottoman Empire)

Field	Value
unit_name	Caucasus Army Group
image	Ahmed İzzet Pasha, Ottoman commander in the Caucasus. Die Kaukasusfront. Grosser Bilderatlas des Weltkrieges, Bruckmann.jpg
image_size	300
caption	Ahmet Izzet Pasha and his men
dates	March 8, 1917 - December 16, 1917
country	Ottoman Empire
type	Army group
patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
battles	Caucasus Campaign (World War I)
notable_commanders	Ahmet Izzet Pasha (March 8, 1917 - December 16, 1917)

The Caucasus Army Group or Caucasian Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Kafkas Ordular Grubu) was one of the army groups of the Ottoman Army. It was formed during World War I.

Formation

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the army group was structured as follows:

Caucasus Army Group (Birinci Ferik Ahmet Izzet Pasha)
Second Army, (Mirliva Mustafa Fevzi Pasha)
- II Corps (Miralay Cafer Tayyar Bey)
  - 1st Division, 42nd Division
- IV Corps
  - 11th Division, 12th Division, 48th Division
- XVI Corps
  - 5th Division, 8th Division
- 2nd Regular Cavalry Division
- Van Gendarmerie Division
Third Army, (Ferik Mehmet Esat Pasha)
- I Caucasian Corps (Miralay Kâzım Karabekir Bey)
  - 9th Caucasian Division, 10th Caucasian Division, 36th Caucasian Division
- II Caucasian Corps (Mirliva Yakup Şevki Pasha)
  - 5th Caucasian Division, 11th Caucasian Division, 37th Caucasian Division
- V Corps
  - Coastal Detachments

Sources

References

İsmet Görgülü, ''On Yıllık Harbin Kadrosu 1912-1922. Balkan - Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Harbi'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1993, p. 123. {{in lang. tr
Enis Şahin, ''Trabzon ve Batum konferansları ve antlaşmaları, 1917-1918'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2002, p. 155. {{in lang. tr
Edward J. Erickson, ''Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War'', Greenwoodpress, 2001, {{ISBN. 0-313-31516-7, p. 180.
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. 170.

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