Ottoman Eighth Army

E803438

field army military unit

The Ottoman Eighth Army was a field army of the Ottoman Empire that served as a major defensive formation in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ottoman Eighth Army canonical	2
Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	field army ⓘ military unit ⓘ
alliedWith	German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Yildirim Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfOperations	Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Central Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Cevat Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ Djevad Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ Jevad Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandStructure	Ottoman General Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	Ottoman cavalry units ⓘ Ottoman infantry divisions ⓘ artillery units ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
disbandedIn	1918 ⓘ
engagedAgainst	Australian and New Zealand mounted troops ⓘ British Indian Army units NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedIn	1917 ⓘ
front	Middle Eastern theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	Palestine front NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	Early 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major defensive force in Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	Ottoman land forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDefeat	Allied offensive at Megiddo (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Megiddo (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Nablus (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Sharon (1918) NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ British Egyptian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ottoman Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	defense of Palestine front ⓘ
region	Ottoman Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern front of Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	defensive formation ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
subordinateTo	Yildirim Army Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Sinai and Palestine Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	1917–1918 ⓘ
type	field army-level formation ⓘ
usedBy	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Beersheba (1917) → opponent → Ottoman Eighth Army ⓘ

Ottoman garrisons in Syria → partOf → Ottoman Eighth Army ⓘ

Ottoman Yildirim Army Group → subordinateUnit → Ottoman Eighth Army ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)