The Ottoman Army and the First World War

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-67534-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 486 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 734 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in First World War History

This 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 army’s 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 empire’s 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 empire, the war effectively dismantled it and created situations and problems hitherto undreamed of by a besieged Ottoman leadership. In a unique account, Uyar revises our understanding of the war in the Middle East.

“Mesut Uyar’s long awaited history of the Ottoman’s Army’s operations in the First World War is a brilliant addition to the field” - Edward J. Erickson, Marine Corps University, First World War Studies

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uyar, Mesut

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List 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

Über Autor(innen)

Mesut Uyar is Professor of International Relations and Dean of the School of Business and Social Sciences at Antalya Bilim University, Turkey. Dr. Uyar is a retired Turkish Army colonel and former associate professor from the University of New South Wales, Australia and the Turkish Military Academy. He is the author or co-author of The Phaseline Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020); The Ottoman Defence Against the Anzac Landing 25 April 1915 (2015); A Military History of the Ottomans: From Osman to Atatürk (2009); and numerous articles and book chapters.