No critical analysis has ever examined the specific reasons for
the Ottoman defeat. Erickson's study fills this gap by studying the
operations of the Ottoman Army from October 1912 through July 1913,
and by providing a comprehensive explanation of its doctrines and
planning procedures. This book is written at an operational level
that details every campaign at the level of the army corps. More
than 30 maps, numerous orders of battle, and actual Ottoman Army
operations orders illustrate how the Turks planned and fought their
battles. Of particular note is the inclusion of the only detailed
history in English of the Ottoman X Corps' Sarkoy amphibious
invasion. Also included are definitive appendix about Ottoman
military aviation and a summary of the Turks' efforts to
incorporate the lessons learned from the war into their military
structure in 1914.
The Ottoman Empire fought the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 against
the joint forces of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia--and
was decisively defeated. The Ottoman Army is frequently depicted as
a mob of poorly clad, faceless Turks inept in their attempts to
fight a modern war. Yet by 1912, the Ottoman Army, which was
constructed on the German model, was in many ways more advanced
than certain European armies.
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