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The Armenian Legion (German: Armenische Legion; Armenian: Հայկական լեգիոն, romanized: Haykakan legion) was a military unit in the German Army during World War II. It primarily consisted of Soviet Armenians , who wanted to fight the Soviets for an independent Armenia and commanded by General Drastamat Kanayan .
The Armenian Legion (French: Légion Arménienne) was a volunteer unit that was raised by the Allied Powers to serve in the Middle East Theatre during World War I.Trained and led by French army commanders, the Légion d'Orient (Eastern Legion), as the unit was originally known, was created in 1916, its ranks chiefly drawn from Levantine and Armenian exiles and refugees from the Ottoman Empire.
French Armenian Legion, part of the French Army; also involved in the Franco-Turkish War of 1918–21 Georgian Legion (1914–1918) , a unit of the German Army recruited from Georgians Infantry Regiment of the Academic Legion , formed by volunteer Polish students in 1918, later taken into the regular Polish Army
The Armenian Legion may refer to: Armenian Legion, a World War II unit in the German army composed of Armenian POWs; Legio I Armeniaca, a legion of the late Roman Empire, created in the late 3rd century; Legio II Armeniaca, a legion of the late Roman Empire, in the late 3rd century; French Armenian Legion, a World War I unit in the French Army ...
Antranik also in fought in the First World War fought as commander of the First Armenian Volunteer Battalion 7 within the Russian Caucasus Army. [2] 1914-17, World War I, Armenian volunteer units were employed in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force of British Army. 1916-20, World War I, French Armenian Legion were employed in the French Army. The ...
Armenia was occupied by the Great Seljuk Empire until 1123, when the Kingdom of Georgia liberated some Armenian areas after Armenian liberation. Armenia became part of the feudal land of Kingdom of Georgia and noble Georgian-Armenian family of Mkhergrdzeli (Zakaryan) had a significant role in a country. Starting in 1190, the Mkhargrdzelis rose ...
The French Armenian Legion was a foreign legion unit within French Army. The Armenian legion was established under the goals of the Armenian national liberation movement and was an armed unit besides the Armenian volunteer units and Armenian militia during World War I and later the Franco-Turkish War which fought against the Ottoman Empire.
Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, [a] better known by his nom de guerre Garegin Nzhdeh [b] (Armenian: Գարեգին Նժդեհ, IPA: [ɡɑɾɛˈɡin nəʒˈdɛh]; 1 January 1886 – 21 December 1955), was an Armenian statesman, military commander and nationalist revolutionary.