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General DroGeneral Drastamat Kanayan (known as General Dro), 1884-1956, was an Armenian general and nationalist leader. He served in the Russian army during WW1. In 1918-1920, he was Defense Minister of short-lived Republic of Armenia and commanded Armenian troops in the wars with Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Dro became a popular military leader after the victories over the Turkish in 1918 and 1920. He is claimed to organize a widespread genocide against the Azeri and the Turkish populations in the region. In 1920, after the fall of Republic of Armenia, Dro immigrated to Germany. During WW2, the Armenian Dashnaks collaborated with the Nazis to expel the Soviets from their Motherland. In 1941 they formed the "812th Armenian Battalion of Wehrmacht" (later "Armenian Legion") under the command of Dro. These troops fought in Crimea and North Caucasus and served as police units for internal security duties in the occupied territories. With the end of the WW2, Dro immigrated to the USA, where he died in 1956.
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