Description
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive new operational military history of the Ottoman army during the First World War. Drawing from archives, official military histories, personal war narratives and sizable Turkish secondary literature, it tells the incredible story of the Ottoman armyâs struggle from the mountains of the Caucasus to the deserts of Arabia and the bloody shores of Gallipoli. The Ottoman army, by opening new fronts, diverted and kept sizeable units of British, Russian and French forces away from the main theatres and even sent reinforcements to Austro-Hungary and Bulgaria. Against all odds the Ottoman army ultimately achieved some striking successes, not only on the battlefield, but in their total mobilization of the empireâs meagre human and economic resources. However, even by the terrible standards of the First World War, these achievements came at a terrible price in casualties and, ultimately, loss of territory. Thus, instead of improving the integrity and security of the empi
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"The Ottoman Army and the First World War is a thorough analysis of the Ottoman Army on all fronts during the Great War. It describes its operational military history and military effectiveness during that war, and it is difficult to disagree with Uyar in his assessment that Western historiography has for too long ignored the so-called peripheral campaigns of the war ... This book is a long overdue addition to the modern historiography of the First World War."
Michael Tyquin, British Journal for Military History
Table of ContentsList of figures viii
List of maps xii
Preface xiii
A note on transliteration xix
1 Prelude to war 1
2 The decision to go to war 38
3 Opening moves 71
4 The year of uncertainty: 1915 106
5 The year of glory and disappointment: 1916 211
6 The dreams and realities: 1917 282
7 The year of disasters: 1918 357
Epilogue 417
Bibliography 424
Index 449
