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The Fifth Army of the Ottoman Empire or Turkish Fifth Army was formed on March 24, 1915 and dissolved on October 1918. It was assigned the responsibility of defending the Dardanelles straits in World War I. The original commander of the army was the German military advisor to the Ottoman Empire, General Otto Liman von Sanders. The command passed to Vehip Pasha who became responsible for the Helles front while von Sanders still wielded considerable influence. == Order of Battle, April 1915 == In Late April 1915, the army was structured as follows:〔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. 86.〕 * III Corps (commanded by Esat Pasha) * * 7th Division, 9th Division, 19th Division (commanded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk) * XV Corps (commanded by Colonel Hans Kannengiesser) * * 3rd Division, 11th Division * Dardanelles Fortified Area Command * One aircraft squadron When the Allied campaign the Battle of Gallipoli, which aimed to seize the Dardanelles, commenced, the Fifth Army comprised two army Corps; the III Corps was defending the Gallipoli peninsula and the XV Corps was defending the Asian shore. The XV. Corps, also known as the "Asian Group." In addition, the 5th Division was positioned north of the peninsula under the command of First Army. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fifth Army (Ottoman Empire)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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