Hans Kannengiesser

Hans Kannengiesser (1868–1945) was a German military officer during World War I. He was among the German advisors to the Ottoman Empire when the First World War broke out. As opposed to being a liaison officer with the Ottoman Army, he commanded Ottoman troops in the field, including the Ottoman 9th Division. The 9th Division was part of the Fifth Army, which was commanded during part of the Gallipoli campaign by German general Otto Liman von Sanders.

Early in the battle he was wounded by a machine gun bullet to the chest first by the New Zealanders. On September 7 he had recovered enough to return to the front. After the war, Kannengiesser wrote a book about the battle of Gallipoli "The Campaign in Gallipoli".

References

• Cameron, D.W. (2013). Shadows of ANZAC: An Intimate History of Gallipoli. Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922132-19-2. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
• Cameron, D.W. (2014). Our Friend the Enemy: A detailed account of ANZAC from both sides of the wire. Big Sky Publishing. ISBN 978-1-922132-75-8. Retrieved 2021-05-26.