Ottoman Yildirim Army Group

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The Ottoman Yildirim Army Group was a major Ottoman military formation in World War I, created to defend the empire’s territories in the Middle Eastern theater against advancing British and Allied forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman army group ⓘ
World War I military unit ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
alliance Central Powers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lightning Army Group ⓘ
Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
areaOfOperations Mesopotamia ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
commander Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Pasha ⓘ
Otto Liman von Sanders ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
disbanded 1918 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Beersheba (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
Battle of Nablus (1918) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Nablus

Third Battle of Gaza ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gaza

defense of Damascus (1918) ⓘ
formed 1917 ⓘ
garrison Aleppo region ⓘ
linked to: Aleppo Governorate
headquartersLocation Aleppo ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Ottoman Empire ⓘ
languageOfCommand Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
militaryBranch Ottoman Army ⓘ
namedAfter Yildirim ("Thunderbolt") ⓘ
linked to: Yıldırım
notableCommander Erich von Falkenhayn ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Pasha ⓘ
Otto Liman von Sanders ⓘ
notableEvent retreat after the Battle of Megiddo in 1918 ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Army ⓘ
primaryMission counter British advances in Palestine and Syria ⓘ
defend Ottoman territories in the Middle East ⓘ
purposeOfCreation to form a powerful striking force against the British in the Middle East ⓘ
reasonForDisbandment Ottoman defeat and armistice in 1918 ⓘ
result collapse of organized Ottoman resistance in Palestine and Syria ⓘ
strategicObjective defend Syria and Palestine from Allied invasion ⓘ
subordinateUnit Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Eighth Army

Fourth Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Fourth Army

Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
supportedBy German military mission to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
theater Mesopotamian Campaign ⓘ
Middle Eastern theater of World War I ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ

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Sinai and Palestine campaign → involvedUnit → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
Battle of Megiddo (1918) → opposedBy → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Beersheba (1917) → opponent → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Gaza → involvedUnit → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
Battle of Romani → opponent → Ottoman-German forces ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Ottoman Yildirim Army Group → alsoKnownAs → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Sharqat (October 1918) → hasOpposingForceType → Ottoman field army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Jerusalem (1917) → opponent → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Tabsor → combatant → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
Final offensive in Palestine → opposedBy → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Samakh → commandedBy → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group officers ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Jerusalem → militaryFormationInvolved → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Ottoman Eighth Army → alliedWith → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
Ottoman Eighth Army → subordinateTo → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Nebi Samwil → opposingForce → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Battle of Hareira and Sheria → opponent → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
British capture of Jerusalem → opposedBy → Yildirim Army Group ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Yildirim Army Group
Capture of Aleppo (1918) → opponent → Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ