armyhadconcentratedonthedevelopmentofmobileunitssincetheearly1 92 0s.
EventhoughtheabolishmentofthecavalrywasfrequentlydebatedintheGer-
manmilitaryperiodicals,theterrainconditionsattheEasternborderdemanded
mountedtroops.TheReichswehrandWehrmachtskippedthestepofcreating
mixedmounted,motorizedandmechanizedunits.TheGermanarmoreddivi-
sionswerefullymotorized,whereasthemajorityoftheinfantryandcavalry
unitsdidnothavemotorvehicleswellintotheSecondWorldWar.³⁰¹Forthe
aforementionedCavalryInspector-GeneralMürsel[Bakü],everycountryhadto
finditsownsolution,whetheritwastheuseofafullymotorizedarmyorapar-
tiallymotorizedandpartiallymountedarmy.Mürselremarkedthatboth,Germa-
nyandTurkeyhadtoimportmotorfuel,whichcouldparalysethemotorized
armyinthecaseofablockade.³⁰²TheTurkishdebate,inthefollowingyears,
wasmarkedbytranslationsfromGerman,French,BelgianandBritishmilitary
periodicals.TheGermanrearmamentprogrammereceivedutmostadmiration,al-
thoughitsadaptationtoTurkishconditionswasnotconsidered.TheTurkishob-
serverswerewellawarethatGermanycouldnotsustainalongerwarinitspres-
entmilitarystate.³⁰³However,Turkishmilitaryperiodicalsdidnotquestionthe
GermanpropagandataleofthemotorizedWehrmacht.Asindicatedabove,the
Germanindustrialcapacitieswerenotsufficienttosupplyenoughmotorvehicles
formilitaryuse.Duringthefastarmamentperiodinthe 19 30s,themajorityof
theWehrmacht,consistingof36divisions,hadtorelyonhorses.Despiteall
theeffortsbythemilitaryandtheNationalSocialistregime, 90 percentofthe
Germanarmywasstillnotmotorizedby1 940 .³⁰⁴TheTurkishanalystsalsofa-
voredtheuseofanimalsforsupplytransport.Thishadbeenavaluableand
wellfunctioningsystemduringthewaragainstGreece;aquitelogicalsolution
foranagrariculturalcountry.Inpeacetime,thesupplyunitshadtobepre-
pared.³⁰⁵ThescepticalTurkishviewofthecavalrywasalsofuelledbylessons
MarkusPöhlmann,“VonVersaillesnachArmageddon:TotalisierungserfahrungundKrieg-
serwartungindeutschenMilitärzeitschriften,”inAnderSchwellezumTotalenKrieg:Diemilitä-
rischeDebatteüberdenKriegderZukunft, 1919 – 1939 ,ed.StigFörster(Paderborn:Ferdinand
Schöningh,2 00 2),3 60 – 366.
Mürsel[Bakü],“SüvarininBüsbütünMotörlenmesiHakkındaYeniFikirlerveTecrüberler”
[NewIdeasandThoughtsontheTotalMotorizationoftheCavalry],SM 7 – 91 (19 33 ),8.
S.Öge,“MotörlenmişveMakinalaşmışAlmanOrdusununKıymetiNedir?”[Whatisthe
ValueoftheMotorizedandMechanizedGermanArmy?],AM 55 – 105 (1937),3 29 – 33 7.
DiNardo,Mechanizedjuggernaut,6– 15 ;Karl-HeinzFrieser,Blitzkrieg-Legende:DerWest-
feldzug 1940 ,4thed.(Munich:Oldenbourg, 20 12), 35.
HüsnüGöktuğ,“AsrîOrdulardaMotörlesme-MotörlüBirlikler-İkmalNakliyatı-Motörlüve
CanlıNakliyatİkmalKolları(2)”[MotorizationinModernArmies:MotorCorpsUnits-Supply
Transport-MountedandMotorizedSupplyTransportUnits(2)],TM 13 – 109 (1938), 110 – 11 7.
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