Hello guys! I am starting a new AAR. You may say "hey, you already have an aar that you rarely upload!".. I know, but, HoI 3 will come out soon, and there will be alot of time before a new Kaiserreich will be released for it. I had this idea for a long time. It's Enver Pasha in Kaiserreich universe. I'll continue my actual AAR, (it won't be like the Italian one, I swear), this one will be just for fun. (which one of them is not for fun?)
It's the background of our hero below. You don't really have to read it, just if you wonder. Taken from wikipedia, with some adds.
Update to follow.
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Enver Bey was born to a good family in Constantinople. According to Mark Mazower his father was a Turkish bridge-keeper and his mother an Albanian peasant. He studied in different degrees of military schools in the empire and finally he graduated from the Harp Akademisi in 1903. He became a Major in 1906. He was sent to the Third Army which was stationed in Salonica. During his service in the city, he became a member of the Committee of Union and Progress.
In 1908, the Young Turk Revolution broke out in Salonica, and the young Enver quickly became one of its military leaders. The successful revolt brought the Committee of Union and Progress to power, ushering the so-called "Second Constitutional Era" of the Ottoman Empire. During the course of the next year, a reactionary conspiracy to organize a countercoup culminated in the "31 March Incident", which was put down. Enver Bey took an active role in the suppression of the uprising. Afterwards, he was sent to Berlin as a military attaché, where he grew to admire the German military culture, and strengthened the military ties between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, inviting German officers to reform the Ottoman Army.
In 1911, Italy launched an invasion of the Ottoman province of Trablusgarp (modern Libya), starting the Italo-Turkish War. Enver decided to join the defense of the province and left Berlin for Libya. There he assumed the overall command, but in the end Italy took control of Libya and Enver Bey had to return to Constantinople. In 1912, thanks to his active role in the war, he was made Lieutenant Colonel in 1912. However, the defeat cost the CUP in popularity, and it fell from government, to be replaced by the Liberal Union. In October 1912, the First Balkan War broke out, where the Ottoman armies suffered severe defeats at the hands of the Balkan League. These military reversals weakened the government, and gave Enver his chance to grab for power. In a coup in January 1913, the Young Turks took power, with Enver as War Minister, and left the peace negotiations then under way in London. The renewed hostilities only worsened the Empire's situation, however, as the two major remaining strongholds of Adrianople (Edirne) and Yannina fell to the Bulgarians and the Greeks, respectively, forcing the Ottomans to concede defeat at the Treaty of London.
In June 1913 however, the Second Balkan War broke out between the Balkan Allies. Enver Bey took advantage of the situation and led an army into Eastern Thrace, recovering Adrianople from the Bulgarians, who had concentrated their forces against the Serbs and Greeks. After this success, Enver Bey became a Pasha.
After these political and military achievements, he introduced a military dictatorship that came to be called the Three Pashas (Enver Pasha, Talat Pasha, and Cemal Pasha). In 1914, he was again Minister of War in the cabinet of Sait Halim Pasha, and married HIH Princess Emine Naciye Sultan (Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, November 25, 1898 – Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, December 5, 1957), the daughter of Prince Süleyman, thus entering the royal family. His power grew steadily while Europe marched towards total war.
Enver Pasha was an architect of the Ottoman-German Alliance, and expected a quick victory in the war that would benefit the Ottoman Empire. Without informing the other members of the Cabinet, he allowed the two German warships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau to enter the Dardanelles, thus enabling them to escape British pursuit; the subsequent "donation" of the ships to the neutral Ottomans worked powerfully in Germany's favor, despite French and Russian diplomacy to keep the Ottoman Empire out of the war. Finally on October 29, the point of no return was reached when Admiral Souchon took Goeben, Breslau and a squadron of Ottoman warships into the Black Sea and raided the Russian ports of Odessa, Sevastopol and Theodosia. Russia declared war on Ottoman Empire on November 2, and Britain followed suit on November 5. Most of the Turkish cabinet members and CUP leaders were against such a rushed entry to the war, but Enver Pasha thought that it was the right thing to do.
As soon as the war started, October 31, 1914, Enver ordered that all men of military age report to army recruiting offices. The offices were unable to handle the vast flood of men and long delays occurred. This had the effect of ruining the crop harvest for that year.
Enver proved ineffective as War Minister, and frequently over the next four years the Germans would have to support the Ottoman government with generals such as Otto Liman von Sanders, Erich von Falkenhayn, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. The Germans also gave the Ottoman government military supplies, soldiers, and even fuel.
Enver Pasha’s message to the army and the people was “war until final victory”. During the war, living conditions deteriorated rapidlly and discontent grew. The government of Committee of Union and Progress spent much more money than it took in, and the inflation rate over the four years of war was greater than 1600%.
Enver Pasha assumed command of the Ottoman forces arrayed against the Russians in the Caucasus theatre. He wanted to encircle the Russians, force them out of Ottoman territory and take back Kars and Batumi, which had been ceded after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Enver thought of himself as a great military leader, while the German military adviser, Liman von Sanders, thought of him as a military buffoon.[3] Enver ordered a complex attack on the Russians, placed himself in personal control of the Third Army, and was utterly defeated at the Battle of Sarikamish in December–January 1914–1915. His strategy seemed feasible on paper, but he had ignored the external conditions such as the terrain and the weather. Enver's army (90,000 men) was defeated by the Russian force (100,000 men) and in the subsequent retreat, tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers died. This was the single worst defeat of an Ottoman army in all of World War I.
Later, Enver Pasha went to lead the Ottoman Forces in Mesopotamia. Already crumbling Ottoman forces faced a disaster after General Allenby of the British made his famous cavalry charge. Front could only be saved after General Allenby was recalled.
Enver Pasha's lack of success created his downfall, while much more popular Mustafa Kemal Pasha, hero of Gallipolli Campaing, became the rising star of Ottoman Empire. Generals like Mustafa Kemal and Kâzım [ Note: Kâzım Karabekir. Surnames never became offical as Republic was never founded. ] barely held the Arabic Front.
Flow of German reinforcements after the defeat of France made it possible for British Empire to be pushed back, and so, Ottoman Empire finished the Weltkrieg with victory.
Until 1936, Enver Pasha worked in Istanbul as a figurehead leader, under the eyes of his old rival, Mustafa Kemal Pasha. As it became obvious he was loyal to the new Sultan and Ministry of War, he managed to gain the command of some active units.
Away from his old dreams of victory and glory, Enver Pasha is now an old commander from the old times.
It's the background of our hero below. You don't really have to read it, just if you wonder. Taken from wikipedia, with some adds.
Update to follow.
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Enver Bey was born to a good family in Constantinople. According to Mark Mazower his father was a Turkish bridge-keeper and his mother an Albanian peasant. He studied in different degrees of military schools in the empire and finally he graduated from the Harp Akademisi in 1903. He became a Major in 1906. He was sent to the Third Army which was stationed in Salonica. During his service in the city, he became a member of the Committee of Union and Progress.
In 1908, the Young Turk Revolution broke out in Salonica, and the young Enver quickly became one of its military leaders. The successful revolt brought the Committee of Union and Progress to power, ushering the so-called "Second Constitutional Era" of the Ottoman Empire. During the course of the next year, a reactionary conspiracy to organize a countercoup culminated in the "31 March Incident", which was put down. Enver Bey took an active role in the suppression of the uprising. Afterwards, he was sent to Berlin as a military attaché, where he grew to admire the German military culture, and strengthened the military ties between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, inviting German officers to reform the Ottoman Army.
In 1911, Italy launched an invasion of the Ottoman province of Trablusgarp (modern Libya), starting the Italo-Turkish War. Enver decided to join the defense of the province and left Berlin for Libya. There he assumed the overall command, but in the end Italy took control of Libya and Enver Bey had to return to Constantinople. In 1912, thanks to his active role in the war, he was made Lieutenant Colonel in 1912. However, the defeat cost the CUP in popularity, and it fell from government, to be replaced by the Liberal Union. In October 1912, the First Balkan War broke out, where the Ottoman armies suffered severe defeats at the hands of the Balkan League. These military reversals weakened the government, and gave Enver his chance to grab for power. In a coup in January 1913, the Young Turks took power, with Enver as War Minister, and left the peace negotiations then under way in London. The renewed hostilities only worsened the Empire's situation, however, as the two major remaining strongholds of Adrianople (Edirne) and Yannina fell to the Bulgarians and the Greeks, respectively, forcing the Ottomans to concede defeat at the Treaty of London.
In June 1913 however, the Second Balkan War broke out between the Balkan Allies. Enver Bey took advantage of the situation and led an army into Eastern Thrace, recovering Adrianople from the Bulgarians, who had concentrated their forces against the Serbs and Greeks. After this success, Enver Bey became a Pasha.
After these political and military achievements, he introduced a military dictatorship that came to be called the Three Pashas (Enver Pasha, Talat Pasha, and Cemal Pasha). In 1914, he was again Minister of War in the cabinet of Sait Halim Pasha, and married HIH Princess Emine Naciye Sultan (Istanbul, Ortaköy, Ortaköy Palace, November 25, 1898 – Istanbul, Nişantaşı, Nişantaşı Palace, December 5, 1957), the daughter of Prince Süleyman, thus entering the royal family. His power grew steadily while Europe marched towards total war.
Enver Pasha was an architect of the Ottoman-German Alliance, and expected a quick victory in the war that would benefit the Ottoman Empire. Without informing the other members of the Cabinet, he allowed the two German warships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau to enter the Dardanelles, thus enabling them to escape British pursuit; the subsequent "donation" of the ships to the neutral Ottomans worked powerfully in Germany's favor, despite French and Russian diplomacy to keep the Ottoman Empire out of the war. Finally on October 29, the point of no return was reached when Admiral Souchon took Goeben, Breslau and a squadron of Ottoman warships into the Black Sea and raided the Russian ports of Odessa, Sevastopol and Theodosia. Russia declared war on Ottoman Empire on November 2, and Britain followed suit on November 5. Most of the Turkish cabinet members and CUP leaders were against such a rushed entry to the war, but Enver Pasha thought that it was the right thing to do.
As soon as the war started, October 31, 1914, Enver ordered that all men of military age report to army recruiting offices. The offices were unable to handle the vast flood of men and long delays occurred. This had the effect of ruining the crop harvest for that year.
Enver proved ineffective as War Minister, and frequently over the next four years the Germans would have to support the Ottoman government with generals such as Otto Liman von Sanders, Erich von Falkenhayn, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, and Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein. The Germans also gave the Ottoman government military supplies, soldiers, and even fuel.
Enver Pasha’s message to the army and the people was “war until final victory”. During the war, living conditions deteriorated rapidlly and discontent grew. The government of Committee of Union and Progress spent much more money than it took in, and the inflation rate over the four years of war was greater than 1600%.
Enver Pasha assumed command of the Ottoman forces arrayed against the Russians in the Caucasus theatre. He wanted to encircle the Russians, force them out of Ottoman territory and take back Kars and Batumi, which had been ceded after the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Enver thought of himself as a great military leader, while the German military adviser, Liman von Sanders, thought of him as a military buffoon.[3] Enver ordered a complex attack on the Russians, placed himself in personal control of the Third Army, and was utterly defeated at the Battle of Sarikamish in December–January 1914–1915. His strategy seemed feasible on paper, but he had ignored the external conditions such as the terrain and the weather. Enver's army (90,000 men) was defeated by the Russian force (100,000 men) and in the subsequent retreat, tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers died. This was the single worst defeat of an Ottoman army in all of World War I.
Later, Enver Pasha went to lead the Ottoman Forces in Mesopotamia. Already crumbling Ottoman forces faced a disaster after General Allenby of the British made his famous cavalry charge. Front could only be saved after General Allenby was recalled.
Enver Pasha's lack of success created his downfall, while much more popular Mustafa Kemal Pasha, hero of Gallipolli Campaing, became the rising star of Ottoman Empire. Generals like Mustafa Kemal and Kâzım [ Note: Kâzım Karabekir. Surnames never became offical as Republic was never founded. ] barely held the Arabic Front.
Flow of German reinforcements after the defeat of France made it possible for British Empire to be pushed back, and so, Ottoman Empire finished the Weltkrieg with victory.
Until 1936, Enver Pasha worked in Istanbul as a figurehead leader, under the eyes of his old rival, Mustafa Kemal Pasha. As it became obvious he was loyal to the new Sultan and Ministry of War, he managed to gain the command of some active units.
Away from his old dreams of victory and glory, Enver Pasha is now an old commander from the old times.
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