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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.
The establishment of Armenian volunteer units in the Russian army dates back to the summer of 1914. Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov consulted with the Mayor of Tbilisi Alexander Khatisian, the primate of Tbilisi, Bishop Mesrop Ter-Movsisian, and the prominent civic leader Dr. Hakob Zavriev about the creation of Armenian volunteer detachments. [2]
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 (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 .
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 ...
French Armenian Legion; S. Sharifian Army This page was last edited on 21 May 2024, at 22:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Pages in category "Armenian people of World War I" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Sarkis Torossian was born in the Armenian populated village of Everek (present-day: Develi) near Kayseri in 1891. He attended the local Armenian Parochial School. At an early age, Sarkis Torossian wanted to become a soldier, however Ottoman Turkish law forbade any non-Muslims to become soldiers until the Young Turk Revolution in 1908. [7]