List of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I

The list of commanders in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I gives the engagements and the respected officers during the conflicts.

Central Powers edit

 
Enver Pasha of the Ottoman Empire.

Commander-in-chiefs:

Commanders:

Name Conflicts
  Enver Pasha Sarikamish (1914)
  Djemal Pasha First Suez Offensive, Arab Revolt
  Mehmed Esad Pasha
  Ahmed Izzet Pasha Third Army Commander, Second Army Commander
  Djevat Pasha Dardanelles Campaign
  Hasan Izzet Pasha
  Mahmud Kâmil Pasha Third Army Commander in 1916 Battle of Erzurum
  Vehib Pasha
  Mustafa Fevzi Pasha Battle of Krithia Vineyard
  Nureddin Pasha
  Mersinli Djemal Pasha
  Yakub Shevki Pasha
  Hafiz Hakki Pasha Sarikamish (1914), Third Army Commander
  Halil Pasha
  Nuri Pasha
  Ali Ihsan Pasha
  Mustafa Kemal Pasha Landing at Anzac Cove, Battle of Sari Bair, Battle of Hill 60, Landing at Suvla Bay, Battle of Chunuk Bair, Battle of Scimitar Hill, Battle of the Nek, Battle for Baby 700, Battle for No.3 Post, Battle of Bitlis, Charge at Haritan
  Ali Fuad Pasha Dardanelles Campaign
  Ismet Bey
  Sami Bey Landing at Cape Helles Third Battle of Krithia First Battle of Krithia
  Faik Pasha Battle of Gully Ravine Battle of Sari Bair
  Colmar von der Goltz
  Erich von Falkenhayn
  Otto Liman von Sanders Dardanelles Campaign
  Kress von Kressenstein
  Major Ali Quli Khan Pesyan[1] Conquest of Shiraz
  Captain Gholam Reza Khan Pesyan Conquest of Shiraz
  Georg von Kaunitz Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
  Colonel Bup Battle of Qasr-i-Shirin
  Major Mohammad Taghi Khan Pesyan Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
  Heydar Latifiyan Battle of RobatKarim
  Major Azizollah Zarghami Battle of Musalla, Defense of Hamadan
  Major Masoud Kayhan Battle of Soltanabad
  Mirza Kuchik Khan Battle of Manjil, Battle of Rasht

Allies edit

 
Illarion of Russia.

Commander-in-chiefs:

Commanders:

Name Conflicts
  Lionel Dunsterville Battle of Baku
  Sackville Carden Naval operations
  John de Robeck Naval operations
  Émile Guépratte Naval operations
  Ian Hamilton Sari Bair
  Harold Bridgwood Walker Lone Pine
  Frederick Stopford Suvla Bay
  William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood Anzac Cove Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli)
  Alexander Godley Anzac Cove, Chunuk Bair, Sari Bair
  John Maxwell Commander of British forces in Egypt; see Raid on the Suez Canal
  Aylmer Hunter-Weston Landing at Cape Helles, First Battle of Krithia, Second Battle of Krithia, Third Battle of Krithia, Battle of Gully Ravine
  Albert d'Amade Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Orient (at Gallipoli)
  Henri Gouraud first Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles
  Maurice Bailloud second Commander of Expeditionary Corps of the Dardanelles
  Alexander Myshlayevsky Battle of Sarikamish
  Nikolai Yudenich
  Andranik Ozanian Battle of Dilman, Battle of Bitlis
  Tovmas Nazarbekian Battle of Dilman, Battle of Mush, Battle of Bitlis, Battle of Karakilisa, Battle of Sardarabad
  Aram Manukian Siege of Van, Battle of Sardarabad
  Garegin Nzhdeh Armenian battalions, Battle of Karakilisa
  Drastamat Kanayan Battle of Abaran
  Movses Silikyan Battle of Sardarapat
  Agha Petros Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918
  Malik Khoshaba Hakkari Expedition 1916, Hakkari Expedition 1917, Battle of Seray Mountain, Urmia Clashes, Battle of Charah, Battle of Suldouze, Battle of Urmia April 1918, Battle of Urmia June 1918, Battle of Sauj Bulak, Battle of Mosul 1918
  Stepan Shahumyan Battle of Baku

References edit

  1. ^ Cronin, S. (1997). The Army and Creation of the Pahlavi State in Iran, 1921-1926. I. B. Tauris. p. 256. ISBN 9781860641053. Retrieved 2015-05-13.