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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52665051/view#page/n0/mode/1up ''The Dardanelles Campaign by General Liman von Sanders''] translation and comments by E.H. Schulz, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, US Army (The Engineer School, Fort Humphreys, Virginia) 1931 nla.gov.au. An extract and translation from the above book ''Funf Jahre Turkei''.
*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll7/id/611 ''Landing of the British forces in Gallipoli, 1915''] by Hans Kannengiesser Pasha. Translated version 1940, extract from original German edition ''Gallipoli, Bedeutung und Verlauf der Kämpfe 1915'', published c 1927, (with a concurrent translation edition with title ''The campaign in Gallipoli''). Author Hans Kannengiesser was a German general commanding the 9th Turkish division in the Fifth Army of General Liman von Sanders. He actually commanded Turkish troops in action, holding the Turkish rank of Pasha - roughly equivalent to marshal. Link to Pdf download Combined Arms Research Library [CARL] Digital Library [USA].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.170507 ''Grey Wolf: Mustafa Kemal An Intimate Study of a Dictator''] by H C Armstrong 1935, first published 1932. Archive.org. The WW1 period commences [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.170507/2015.170507.Grey-Wolf-Mustafa-Kemal#page/n63/mode/2up page 65]. Mustafa Kemal was in command of the troops in the southern half of the Gallipoli peninsular. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk] Wikipedia. He became President of Turkey in 1923.
*[http://www.academia.edu/13648514/BOOK_Captain_Sarkis_Torossian_From_Dardanelles_to_Palestine._Boston_1947 ''From Dardanelles to Palestine''] by Captain Sarkis Torossian. Boston,USA. 1947 academia.edu. Article: [https://www.academia.edu/13459061/Joseph_A._Kéchichian_How_the_Armenian_Genocide_Forced_a_Loyal_Ottoman_Officer_to_Espouse_the_Arab_Revolt._Contemporary_Review_of_the_Middle_East_Vol._1_No._4_2014 'How the Armenian Genocide Forced a Loyal Ottoman Officer to Espouse the Arab Revolt"] by Joseph A. Kéchichian, ''Contemporary Review of the Middle East'', Vol. 1, No. 4, 2014. academia.edu. Captain Torossian was of Armenian descent & fought at Gallipoli as an Artillery observer in the Turkish Army. After the Armenian genocide he switched sides & commanded 6.000 Arabian horsemen with the Allied army to Damascus. Article [http://www.academia.edu/14511256/Taner_Akçam_A_short_history_of_the_Torossian_debate_Journal_of_Genocide_Research_Vol._17_No._3_2015 "A short history of the Torossian debate"] by Taner Akçam ''Journal of Genocide Research'', 2015 Vol. 17, No. 3, 345–362.academia.edu. Some do not believe the account to be true. Other articles about Torossian's book may be found on [http://bilgi.academia.edu/AyhanTAktar Ayhan Aktar] bilgi.academia.edu
*[https://archive.org/details/insideconstantin00einsrich '' Inside Constantinople: a diplomatist's diary during the Dardanelles expedition, April-September, 1915''] by Lewis Einstein, late Special Agent at the American Embassy, Constaninople. 1917 Archive.org
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