19th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)

The 19th Infantry Division was a formation of the Ottoman Army, during the Balkan Wars, and the First World War. This division was made up of Arabs and Turks. 2/3. or two thirds of the division was made up of Syrian Arabs, these faced the first wave of the Allied invasion.[1]

Formation

Commander: Lieutenant Colonel Mustafa Kemal
  • 57th Regiment: Major Avni
    • 1st Battalion Captain Ahmet Zeki
    • 2nd Battalion Captain Ata
    • 3rd Battalion Captain Hayri
  • 72nd Regiment: Major Mehmet Münir
  • 77th Regiment: Captain Saip
  • 39th Artillery Regiment: Major Halil Kemal

References

  1. ↑ Sellars, Bill Sellars. "The forgotten Arabs of Gallipoli". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-10-01.


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