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Enver Pasha

American  
[en-ver pah-shah] / ɛnˈvɛr pɑˈʃɑ /

noun

  1. 1881–1922, Turkish soldier and statesman.


Enver Pasha British  
/ ˈɛnvə ˈpɑːʃə /

noun

  1. 1881–1922, Turkish soldier and leader of the Young Turks: minister of war (1914–18)

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The first act of war undertaken by Turkey was the dispatch to the Caucasus front of three army corps, with a plan of campaign designed by General Liman von Sanders, and commanded by Enver Pasha.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

The strongest figures of the Ottoman Empire, Enver Pasha and Talaat Bey were strongly pro-German, although the latter endeavored for a time to conceal his real sentiments and intentions under a cloak of pretended neutrality.

From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

Capt. von Mücke, together with the War Minister, Enver Pasha, paced along the long German and Turkish fronts.

From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

In the Anzac territory, about midnight, Enver Pasha came specially from Constantinople to see his army drive the Australians and New Zealanders into the sea.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) by Parrott, James Edward

Abdul Hamid had been overthrown under the leadership of Enver Pasha and other officers who had been trained in Germany according to German military methods and who had absorbed the German ideas.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

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