Struma Corps

Sturma Corps
Usturma Kolordusu
Active 1912–
Country Ottoman Empire
Allegiance Western Army
Size Corps
Garrison/HQ Usturma (Struma)
Patron Sultans of the Ottoman Empire

The Struma Corps or Usturma Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Usturma Kolordusu) was one of the corps under the command of the Ottoman Western Army. It was formed in Ustruma (Struma) area during the First Balkan War.

Balkan Wars

Order of Battle, October 19, 1912

On October 19, 1912, the detachment was structured as follows:[1]

Sources

  1. Edward J. Erickson, Defeat in Detail, The Ottoman Army in the Balkans, 1912–1913, Westport, Praeger, 2003, p. 170.
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