This is the order of battle of the Turkish Army in June 1941. The formation named 941-A Seferî Kuruluş was as follows:[1]
First Army (Istanbul, Commander: Fahrettin Altay)
- Thrace Area
- Çatalca Area
- Istanbul and Bosporus Area
Second Army (Balıkesir, Commander: Abdurrahman Nafiz Gürman)
- Dardanelles and Marmara Area
- Aegean and Mediterranean coasts
Third Army (Erzincan, Commander: Kâzım Orbay)
Under the direct control of the General Staff (Ankara, Fevzi Çakmak)
- Kocaeli Area
- VI Corps (Kocaeli)
- 7th Infantry Division
- 41st Infantry Division
- 17th Infantry Division
- Syrian Border
Sources
- ^ Mete Tunçay, "İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın Başlarında (1939-1941) Türk Ordusu", Tarih ve Toplum, S. 35, Kasım 1986, p. 41. (in Turkish)
- ^ Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8, p 108.
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Army | |
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Areas |
- Thrace
- Çatalca
- Istanbul and Bosphorus
- Dardanelles and Marmara
- Aegean and Mediterranean coasts
- East
- Kocaeli
- Syrian Border
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Corps | |
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Fortified Areas | |
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Infantry Divisions | |
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Other Divisions | |
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Brigades |
- 26th Infantry Brigade
- Kırklareli Brigade
- 72nd Infantry Brigade
- Antalya Brigade
- 68th Infantry Brigade
- Independent Armored Brigade
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Others | |
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