liman von sanders
... The old Baron did not get along with Liman von Sanders and did not like the three Pashas (Enver Pasha, Cemal Pasha and Talat) who ran the Ottoman Empire during the war. The Baron proposed some major offensives against the British, but these proposals came to nothing in the face of Allied offensives ...
... The old Baron did not get along with Liman von Sanders and did not like the three Pashas (Enver Pasha, Cemal Pasha and Talat) who ran the Ottoman Empire during the war. The Baron proposed some major offensives against the British, but these proposals came to nothing in the face of Allied offensives ...
The Role of the Ottoman Empire in the First World War
... at first to openly declare war for political reasons. While the Ottoman army was pro-German, the navy was pro-British (they had bought many ships from Britain), and the Sultan preferred neutrality. Enver knew the Empire could not remain neutral, and there was a strong case for going to war. If the E ...
... at first to openly declare war for political reasons. While the Ottoman army was pro-German, the navy was pro-British (they had bought many ships from Britain), and the Sultan preferred neutrality. Enver knew the Empire could not remain neutral, and there was a strong case for going to war. If the E ...
Mesopotamian campaign
The Mesopotamian campaign was a campaign in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I fought between the Allies represented by the British Empire, mostly troops from the Indian Empire and Australia, and the Central Powers, mostly of the Ottoman Empire.