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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 .
Armenian or Armenische Legion, name given to the 812th Armenian Battalion of the German Army, made up largely of Armenian Red Army prisoners of war; Azerbaijani Legion (Azerbaijan legion), made up largely of Azerbaijani Red Army prisoners of war; Blue Legion, Spanish volunteers fighting against the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front
Kanayan was among the minority in the legion who volunteered, under the hope of freeing Armenia from Soviet control. The total number of Armenians serving in the German armed forces during the war reached 33,000: 14,000 were placed in field battalions, while another 7,000 served in logistical and other non-combat units.
Armenische Legion (Armenian volunteers) Aserbaidschanische Legion (Azerbaijani volunteers) 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (Russische Nr. 2) Georgische Legion (Georgian volunteers) Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 1 (Georgian volunteers) Freiwilligen-Stamm-Regiment 2 (Armenians & Azerbaijanis) Sonderverband Bergmann (Georgian and Azerbaijani ...
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 composed of Armenians
The Bergmann battalion was formed of the émigrés and Soviet POWs from the Caucasian republics at Neuhammer in October 1941. Subordinated to the German commando battalion Bau-Lehr-Bataillons z.b.V. 800 and placed under the command of Oberleutnant Theodor Oberländer, the unit received training at Neuhammer and Mittenwald.
1916-20, World War I, French Armenian Legion were employed in the French Army. The unit was active in Adana and Arara. 1940-45, World War II, Armenian Legion.
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