Ottoman 6th Army

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The Ottoman 6th Army was a key field army of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, primarily responsible for defending Mesopotamia against British and Allied forces.

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Label Occurrences
Ottoman 6th Army canonical 5
Ottoman Sixth Army 3
Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire) 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman Army formation ⓘ
field army ⓘ
alliance Central Powers ⓘ
areaOfOperations Euphrates River valley ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Iraq ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Tigris River valley ⓘ
linked to: Tigris
commander Ali İhsan Sabis ⓘ
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz ⓘ
Halil Kut ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
engagedAgainst British Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force ⓘ
engagementOutcome ultimately forced to retreat north after British capture of Baghdad in 1917 ⓘ
fate effectively dissolved after Ottoman armistice of Mudros ⓘ
finalMajorEngagement Battle of Sharqat (October 1918) ⓘ
garrison Baghdad ⓘ
historicalRegion Ottoman Iraq ⓘ
languageOfCommand Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) ⓘ
Battle of Ramadi (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Sharqat ⓘ
Battle of Tikrit (1917) ⓘ
Fall of Kut (1916) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut

Samarra offensive ⓘ
Siege of Kut ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kut
notableCommanderRank field marshal (for Colmar von der Goltz) ⓘ
general (for Halil Kut) ⓘ
notableEvent capture of British garrison at Kut in April 1916 ⓘ
notableFor successful defense and eventual recapture of Kut in 1916 ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
partOf Ottoman Army ⓘ
primaryRole defense of Mesopotamia ⓘ
resultOfOperations temporary stabilization of Ottoman front in Mesopotamia after Kut ⓘ
strategicObjective denial of Persian Gulf access to Allies ⓘ
protection of Baghdad ⓘ
subordinateUnit 13th Corps (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
18th Corps (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
38th Division (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
51st Division (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
52nd Division (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
surrender capitulated to British forces after Battle of Sharqat ⓘ
theater Mesopotamian campaign ⓘ
timePeriod 1914–1918 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Capture of Baghdad (1917) → opponent → Ottoman Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
Battle of Shaiba (1915) → involves → Ottoman Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
Battle of Basra (1914) → associatedWith → Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ
51st Division (Ottoman Empire) → partOf → Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
52nd Division (Ottoman Empire) → partOf → Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
52nd Division (Ottoman Empire) → higherCommand → Sixth Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
Battle of Sharqat (October 1918) → hasBelligerent → Ottoman Sixth Army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
Halil Kut → militaryUnit → Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ
Battle of Sharqat → opposingForce → Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ
Battle of Sharqat → outcome → Ottoman 6th Army capitulated ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman 6th Army
Battle of Shaiba → involvedUnit → Ottoman 6th Army ⓘ