23rd Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire)

The 23rd Division was a formation of the VIII Corps of the Ottoman Army based in Homs. It had been intended that its manpower would be raised from locally recruited Syrians and Arabs.

The division was composed of two infantry regiments the 68th and 69th.^[1]

References

↑ "The Story of ANZAC" (PDF). Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 30 November 2012.

Ottoman Forces during World War I

Army groups	Caucasus Army Group Yildirim Army Group Eastern Army Group

Army	1st Army 2nd Army 3rd Army 4th Army 5th Army 6th Army 7th Army 8th Army 9th Army

Corps	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXV Iraq Area Halil I Kaf. II Kaf. Hejaz

Fortified areas	Dardanelles Bosporus Chataldja Adrianople Smyrna Erzurum Kars,

Infantry divisions	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 1 Kaf. 2 Kaf. 3 Kaf. 5 Kaf. 9 Kaf. 10 Kaf. 11 Kaf. 36 Kaf. 37 Kaf.

Other divisions	1 Cav. 2 Cav. 3 Cav. Van Gendarmerie

Others	1st Exp. 5th Exp. German Asia Africa Hejaz Exp. 1st Pro. 2nd Pro. Islam. 57. Reg. 177. Reg.

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