Yildirim Army Group

Yildirim Army Group
Yildirim Army Group
	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as commander, with his adjutants, 1918.
Active	July 1917 – November 7, 1918
Country	Ottoman Empire
Type	Army group
Size	150,000
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements	Sinai and Palestine Campaign (World War I); Battle of Megiddo
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Erich von Falkenhayn (July 1917 – February 6, 1918); Otto Liman von Sanders (February 24 – October 30, 1918); Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (October 31 – November 7, 1918)

The Yildirim Army Group or Thunderbolt Army Group of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: Yıldırım Ordular Grubu) or Army Group F (German: Heeresgruppe F) was an Army Group of the Ottoman Army during World War I. While being an Ottoman unit, it also contained the German Asia Corps.

Starting in June 1917, the Yildirim Army Group's first commander in chief was the former Prussian Minister of War and Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn. Von Falkenhayn was replaced by General of the Cavalry Otto Liman von Sanders on 25 February 1918. After the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918, Mustafa Kemal took command until the Group's dissolution a few days later.

^ ^a ^b Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 169.
^ ^a ^b T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 9. (in Turkish)
^ Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918–1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 48. (in Turkish)
^ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 193.
^ Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 194.

[Erickson169-1] Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 169.

[Genelkurmay9-2] T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972, p. 9. (in Turkish)

[Türkmen48-3] Zekeriya Türkmen, Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918–1920), Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8, p. 48. (in Turkish)

[Erickson193-4] Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 193.

[Erickson194-5] Edward J. Erickson, Order to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War, Greenwood Press, 2001, ISBN 0-313-31516-7, p. 194.

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Yildirim Army Group
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as commander, with his adjutants, 1918.
Active	July 1917^[1] – November 7, 1918^[2]^[3]
Country	Ottoman Empire
Type	Army group
Size	150,000
Patron	Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
Engagements	Sinai and Palestine Campaign (World War I) Battle of Megiddo
Commanders
Notable commanders	Erich von Falkenhayn (July 1917^[1] – February 6, 1918^[4]) Otto Liman von Sanders (February 24^[5] – October 30, 1918) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (October 31 – November 7, 1918^[2])