Otto Liman von Sanders

Dr. phil. h. c.

Otto Liman von Sanders
Dr. phil. h. c.; Otto Liman von Sanders
Birth name	Otto Viktor Karl Liman
Born	17 February 1855; Stolp, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia; (now Słupsk, Poland)
Died	22 August 1929 (aged 74); Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Buried	Darmstadt, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire; Ottoman Empire
Service / branch	Imperial German Army; Ottoman Army
Years of service	1874–1918
Rank	General of the Cavalry (Germany); Field Marshal (Ottoman Empire)
Unit	Grossherzoglich-Hessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 115; Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 23;
Commands	I. Armee-Korps; 22nd Division; Husaren-Regiment Nr. 6; Fifth Army (Ottoman Empire); Yildirim Army Group (Ottoman Empire);
Battles / wars	World War I Gallipoli Campaign; Sinai and Palestine Campaign;
Awards	Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves
Spouse(s)	Amelie Lily Karoline Gabriele von Sanders (1858–1906); Elisabeth Alberti;

Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders (German: [ˈɔtoː ˈliːman fɔn ˈzandɐs]; 17 February 1855 – 22 August 1929) was an Imperial German Army general who served as a military adviser to the Ottoman Army during the First World War. In 1918 he commanded an Ottoman army during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign.^[1] On the whole Sanders provided only limited help to the Ottoman forces.^[2]

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^ Trumpener, Ulrich (1966). "Liman von Sanders and the German-Ottoman Alliance". Journal of Contemporary History. 1 (4): 179–192. doi:10.1177/002200946600100407. JSTOR 259896. S2CID 154099517.