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XX Corps (Ottoman Empire)

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Order of Battle, December 1916

In December 1916, the corps was structured as follows:

  • XX Corps (Macedonian Front, Commander: Mirliva Abdülkerim Pasha)
    • 49th Division (Commander: Miralay Mahmut Bey), withdrawn to Turkey on March 19, 1917.
      • 144th Infantry Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Adil Bey)
      • 145th Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı Ali Rıza Bey)
      • 146th Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Schierholz)
      • 46th Artillery Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı M. Behçet Bey).
    • 50th Division (Commander: Kaymakam Şükrü Naili Bey, Chief of Staff: Yüzbaşı Tevfik Bey), withdrawn to Turkey in May 1917.
      • 157th Infantry Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Akif Bey)
      • 158th Infantry Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı Nedim Bey)
      • 169th Inıfantry Regiment (Commander: Kaymakam Servet Bey)
      • 50th Artillery Regiment (Commander: Binbaşı Sadık Bey)

Order of Battle, August 1917

In August 1917, the corps was structured as follows:

  • XX Corps (Syria-Palestine), Commander was Ali Fuat Cebesoy
    • 16th Division, 54th Division

Order of Battle, June 1918, September 1918

In June 1918, September 1918, the corps was structured as follows:

  • XX Corps (Palestine)
    • 26th Division, 53rd Division

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