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The Ottoman Army was the military of the Ottoman Empire after the country was reorganized along modern western European lines during the Tanzimat modernization period. It operated during the decline and dissolution of the empire, which roughly occurred between 1861 (though some sources date back to 1842) and 1918, the end of World War I for the Ottomans.
The XV Corps of the Ottoman Empire (Turkish: 15'inci Kolordu or On Beşinci Kolordu) was one of the corps of the Ottoman Army.It was formed during World War I.. 480 soldiers of the XV Corps, who fought on the Galicia front and died, are buried at the Budapest Turkish Memorial Cemetery within the New Public Cemetery (Hungarian: Új köztemető) in Budapest, Hungary.
Austro-Hungarian artillery 1914. Among the European powers, in proportion to its national income, Austria-Hungary paid the lowest attention to the development and maintenance of its army. Despite having developed new types of world class modern cannons, the majority of the Austro-Hungarian artillery pieces were from old and very obsolete types.
The Ottoman Empire was one of the Central Powers of World War I, allied with the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Bulgaria.It entered the war on 29 October 1914 with a small surprise attack on the Black Sea coast of Russia, which prompted Russia to declare war on 2 November 1914.
British artillery in action at the Battle of the Somme, 1916; U.S. troops and Renault FT tanks during the Hundred Days Offensive, 1918; German machine gun crew wearing gas masks, 1918; Ottoman Arab camel corps leaving for the Middle Eastern front, 1916; Aftermath of the Russian siege of Przemyśl in Austria-Hungary, 1915
After Saint Ladislaus' death, his nephew, the King Coloman of Hungary ascended to the Hungarian throne. The feudal lords of Croatia elected a new king, and tried to get rid of the Hungarian occupation, and then the Hungarians took up arms against Croatia , and won a bloody victory at Gvozd Mountain .
Date estimates on when artillery entered Ottoman service vary, as most of the early history on Ottoman artillery was written in the late 15th century, long after the actual battles. [1] One of the arguments is that the Ottomans used cannons in the Battle of Kosovo (1389) and Nukap (1396) and most certainly by the 1420s. [ 2 ]
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