Armenian Legion
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. == 812th Battalion == The short-lived Republic of Armenia, established in 1918, was occupied by the Russian Bolsheviks in 1920 and incorporated shortly after into the Soviet Union.