Scenes of War - German Soldiers in Palestine.

Little known is that the German Empire not only provided its ally Turkey with material assistance in the form of arms deliveries, but that German troops also fought on the territory of the Ottoman Empire - in Palestine - amounting to a total of about 25,000 men.

"The Palestine front or Sinai front was a secondary theater of war during the First World War. From 1915 to 1918 the troops of the British Empire and the Central Powers, which consisted of the Ottoman Army, the German Asia Corps and Austro-Hungarian units, faced each other in eventful battles" (Source: Wikipedia).

"The situation in the Balkans also had to be resolved. The Porte had indeed already raised an offer of alliance against Russia in Berlin on 28 July 1914 and signed a secret treaty of alliance with the German Reich on 2 August 1914. However, at that time an antagonism with England had not yet been taken into account, so that the Porte, weakened by past wars and internal turmoil, initially declared its neutrality. The arrival of the two German cruisers 'Goeben' and 'Breslau' in the Golden Horn and their formal transfer into Turkish service then so heightened Turkey's tension toward the Entente that English naval forces at the end of September prevented a Turkish torpedo boat from leaving the straits. Thereupon the Turkish government closed the Dardanelles. Despite internal tensions, the Young Turk party under Enver Pasha was willing to oppose Russia's possession of the straits by force."

"Organization Pasha I

MG-Battalion 601

MG-Battalion 602

MG-Battalion 604

MG-Battalion 606

MG-Battalion 607

Flak Platoon 28

Flak Platoon 133

Flak Platoon 136

Flak Platoon 142

Flak Platoon 172

Foot Artillery Battalion 60

Portable Radio Station 2 and 4

Aviation Detachments 300 "Pasha", 301 and 302 (formed at Aviation Replacement Detachment Breslau-Brieg), 303 (FEA Altenburg), 304 b (FEA 1 b Oberschleißheim) and 305 (FEA Breslau), from 1918 Fighter Squadron 55 (later renamed Fighter Squadron 1 F)

Staff Officer of the Railway Troops No. 25 with 3 companies

Drilling Special Commands

5 Railway Special Commands

3 Truck Columns"

Source: Wikipedia.

"Pasha II consisted, among others, of the staff of the 201st Infantry Brigade under the command of Colonel Gustav von Oppen and was attached to the Asia Corps.

Organization at the end of 1917[2]

Infantry Battalion 701

Infantry Battalion 702

Infantry Battalion 703

Artillery Detachment 701

Flak Battery 15

Pioneer Company 701

MG Detachment Hentig

Army Signals Commander 70

In addition, in 1917/18 the Fortress Railway Construction Company 11 and the Railway Operations Company 44/48 were deployed on the Hejaz Railway.

Commander-in-chief of the Asia Corps was initially Major General Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (1870–1948) as commander of the 1st Turkish Expeditionary Corps and later commander of the Gaza front".

Source: Wikipedia.

"Organization of Pasha II in spring 1918:

Staff of the 201st Infantry Brigade

1st Masurian Infantry Regiment No. 146 from Allenstein under Lieutenant Colonel Frithjof von Hammerstein-Gesmold

Pioneer Company 205

Mountain MG Detachment 201

Mountain MG Detachment 203

Mountain MG Detachment 207

Mountain MG Detachment 208

Reserve Jäger Battalion 11 from Marburg

Mountain Artillery Detachment 1

7./Foot Artillery Regiment 2

7./Foot Artillery Regiment 9

Flak Platoon 120

Mountain Signals Detachment

Signal Platoon 1720

Signal Platoon 1731

Light Signal Platoon 27

Light Signal Platoon 28

Telegraph Detachment "Little Asia"

Source: Wikipedia.

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The German troops deployed in the Near East wore special clothing adapted to the local climatic conditions. Camels were also used.