Armenian Legion

Armenian Legion
Armenian Legion
Active	June 8, 1944
Country	Germany
Branch	Wehrmacht
Size	18,000
Commanders
General	Drastamat Kanayan

The Armenian Legion (Armenian: Հայկական լեգիոնcode: hy is deprecated ) or Armenische Legion was the name given to the 812th Armenian Battalion which was a foreign unit comprised of several thousand men.

Leaders Kanayan and Garegin Njdeh counted the support of over 18,000 Armenians.

In addition to this exclusively Armenian unit, Nazi Armenians also served in the thirty eight other SS divisions, including the elite Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

Armenian Legion Media

Ärmelabzeichen der „Armenischen Legion“ (Ostlegion der Wehrmacht 1942–1945)
- For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Gndapet (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Gndapet leytenant (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Mayor (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Kapitan (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Avag leytenant (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Leytenant (collar)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Generál-gndapet (shoulder mark)
Armenische Legion 1942-1944 - Generál-leytenánt (shoulder mark)