ONCE UPON A TIME THE SECOND LABOR BATTALION OF BOLU (1914-1918)

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Wars are processes that involve different strategies and moves. The First World War for the Ottoman Empire covers a long and exhausting period in which many applications and plans were put into operation. In this great war, in addition to different strategies, labor battalions were applied, similar applications had also been applied during the Balkan Wars. One of the more than a hundred working battalions that were established in different parts of Anatolia was the second Labor Battalion of Bolu, which had seen periodic changes in its existence and was serving in regions that were miles away from each other. Members of this battalion were forced to walk for days on the road, they were fighting against epidemic diseases, adequate accommodation and nutrition. They were distressed from time to time about trying to escape from the Army. During the war in the road and railway construction and repair works, and in the post war period they provided a serious contribution to the social environment.

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Bolu , Labor Battalion , World War I , Deployed , in Garrison

Abant Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Abant Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi