Caucasus Army Group (Ottoman Empire)
# Caucasus Army Group (Ottoman Empire)

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

* 1 2 İsmet Görgülü, On Yıllık Harbin Kadrosu 1912-1922. Balkan - Birinci Dünya ve İstiklal Harbi, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1993, p. 123. (in Turkish)
* 1 2 Enis Şahin, Trabzon ve Batum konferansları ve antlaşmaları, 1917-1918, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2002, p. 155. (in Turkish)
* 1 2 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.
