Otto Liman von Sanders

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Otto Liman von Sanders
Birth nameOtto Viktor Karl Liman
Born(1855-02-17)17 February 1855
Stolp, Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia
(now Słupsk, Poland)
Died22 August 1929(1929-08-22) (aged 74)
Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
Buried
Darmstadt, Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Ottoman Empire
Service / branch Imperial German Army
 Ottoman Army
Years of service1874–1918
RankGeneral of the Cavalry (Germany)
Field Marshal (Ottoman Empire)
Unit
  • Grossherzoglich-Hessisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 115
  • Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 23
Commands
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsPour le Mérite with Oak Leaves
Spouse(s)
  • Amelie Lily Karoline Gabriele von Sanders (1858–1906)
  • Elisabeth Alberti
Generalleutnant Otto Liman von Sanders at the Ottoneum in Kassel circa 1913
Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Otto Liman von Sanders, and Oswald Boelcke in Turkey, 1916

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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  2. ^ 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.