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Military advisors or combat advisors are military personnel deployed to advise on military matters. The term is often used for soldiers sent to foreign countries to aid such countries' militaries with
An Australian Army soldier instructing an Iraqi Ground Forces soldier at Camp Taji during the War in Iraq, 2016
A U.S. Army Special Forces advisor instructing a Vietnamese Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainee on operating an M79 grenade launcher during the Vietnam War, 1967
Otto Liman von Sanders
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Otto Viktor Karl Liman von Sanders was an Imperial German Army general who served as a military adviser to the Ottoman Army during the First World War. He joined the military and rose through the rank
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…Falkenhausen were involved in modernizing the National Revolutionary Army. The German Empire sent advisors to the Ottoman Empire, notably generals such as Otto Liman von Sanders and Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz. British Military advisors have historically been employed to assist allied and partner forces through training…
Otto Liman Von Sanders
Generalleutnant Otto Liman von Sanders at the Ottoneum in Kassel circa 1913
Ottoman general staff of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, 1914 (Sanders sitting middle)
Hans-Joachim Buddecke, Otto Liman von Sanders, and Oswald Boelcke in Ottoman Turkey, 1916