French Armenian Legion

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Eastern Legion / Armenian Legion
Active	1916–1920
Country	France
Size	Six battalions (1916)
Engagements	First World War Sinai and Palestine Campaign Turkish War of Independence Franco-Turkish War
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).