French Armenian Legion

Eastern Legion / Armenian Legion
Active1916–1920
Country France
SizeSix battalions (1916)
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Commandant Louis Romieu

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. In 1919, it was renamed the Légion Arménienne (Armenian Legion).