WO1; Liman von Sanders - Funf jahre Turkei -
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Sought-after work. Complete with maps. Famous General von SandersLiman von Sanders - Funf jahre Turkei. Mit zahlreichen textskizzen und drei kartenbeilagen - Berlin, August Scherl, c. pp - hardcover - 23 x 16 cmCondition: good.Bound in original half-linen hardcover. Some wear and tear on corners and edges. Good text block. Complete with numerous maps in the text and 3 loose maps.Wikipedia:Otto Liman von Sanders () was a German General who served in the Turkish army during the entire war. At the end of he was sent to Constantinople as head of a military mission. He became Inspector General of the Turkish army and was very closely involved in its reorganisation. When the war broke out, he was Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Turkish army. As of April , he was given an operational role as Commander of the Fifth Army that was responsible for the Gallipoli peninsula. His reputation rose considerably after the successful defence of the region against the British-French invasion. However, the final victory was mainly due to the leadership of Kemal Ataturk. He could not prevent that the allies could successfully evacuate from the beaches in Gallipoli.In early , at the head of an army group, he tried to impede the advance of Allenby through Palestine and Syria. In the absence of efficient supply and troop reinforcements, he could not prevent the front collapsing. In he himself narrowly escaped becoming a prisoner of war in Nazareth. Until the truce he could do nothing else than defend the Turkish border. Read more