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 ...

The Armenian volunteer units (Armenian: Հայ կամավորական ջոկատներ Hay kamavorakan jokatner) were units composed of Armenians within the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Composed of several groups at battalion strength. The Russian-Armenian volunteer units took part in military activities in the Middle Eastern theater of World War I.

A little-known aspect of World War I is the remarkable story of the Armenian volunteers or gamavors (volunteers) in the French Foreign Legion. Men who had escaped the Genocide themselves, through the good fortune of earlier migration, returned to the battlefront to fight with the Allies, hoping to save their families, fellow Armenians and ...

2023年9月16日 · The Armenian Legion was not the only Armenian military unit involved in the fight against the Ottoman Empire during World War I; there were also parts of Armenian volunteers and Armenian militia. However, France reneged on its mandate over Cilicia, rendering all the sacrifices made by the legion in vain.

2020年11月30日 · The Armenian Legion was the first volunteer military unit comprised of all Armenian soldiers that fought in WWI in 1916. The unit was trained and led by French army commanders of the Légion d'Orient (The Eastern Legion).

2021年8月11日 · Although the Armenian Legionnaires did not fight in the battles of Sardarabad, Bash-Abaran or Karakkilisa, those battles were in May 1918 while WWI was ongoing, and Armenia was yet to become an...

2014年3月10日 · Much ink has been spilled on the atrocities the Armenians witnessed during World War I. As the centennial of the Great War approaches, Turkey and Armenia are preparing to commemorate the...

2010年11月22日 · The Armenian Legion. From December 1918 to November 1919 the four battalions of the Armenian Legion constituted the majority of French occupation forces in Cilicia. The five thousand Armenian soldiers of the legion were deployed in the plain of Cilicia with advanced posts at Bozanti and Baghche.

2019年10月11日 · The Armenian Legion was a unit of the French Foreign Legion and was set up to fight the Ottoman Empire , notably in Cilicia , during WWI . Mainly composed of Armenians – refugees from the Ottoman Empire and joined by fellow countrymen from abroad, its aim was to support the conquest of Cilicia by France which intended to set up a protectorate ...

2021年5月12日 · Armenians contributed greatly to the Allied victories in Europe and Western Asia, both as non-state and state combatants. They scored important victories, but also suffered defeats. The war precipitated an ethnic disaster and the loss of lands, but also restored statehood on a territory that included part of historic Armenia.