¸ñ. ¾¹ ´³Õ¹³ë³ñ»³Ý ( ñÙ³ÝÇÏ«¶.¹¾ ) نگاهی به نژادکشی ارمنیان و ²ÏݳñÏ Ð³Ûáó ò»Õ³ëå³Ýáõû³Ý محاکمه طلعت پاشا êáÕáÙáÝ Â»ÑÉÇñ»³ÝÇ یا ¸³ï³í³ñáõÃÇõÝÁ Armenian Genocide دادگاه سوغومون تهلیریان Trial of Soghomon Tehlirian ترجمه ، تالیف ، سخن آغاز و پیشگفتار By: Ed. Baghdasarian دکترادیک باغداساریان .Ed. Germanic) Ph.D) )ا. گرمانیک(( Ottawa-Canada 2005 اتاوا – کانادا 4831 A R Edic Baghdasarian (Ed. Germanic) M E N I Էդիկ Բաղդասարյան A N Հայոց զինյալ պայքարը և հայկական բանակը A պատմության ընթացքում R (Սկզբից մինչև մեր օրերը) M Monument dedicated to the Battle of Sardarapat, Armenia Մեկ հատորով Y (Անգլերեն) A Military History of the Armenian People and the Armed Forces From Old Times to Present Days (in Armenian) One-Volume Edition Summary of Three-Volume Set Toronto-Canada One Edic Baghdasarian 2019 Էդիկ Բաղդասարյան Volume www.Edic-Baghdasarian.com Armenian Research Center Edition ISBN: 978-1-927860-65-6 Edic Baghdasarian 1 Military History of Armenia Edic Baghdasarian (Ed. Germanic) A Military History of the Armenian People and the Armed Forces From Old Times to Present Days In One Volume Toronto-Canada ISBN: 978-1-927860-65-6 Edic Baghdasarian 2019 Էդիկ Բաղդասարյան www.Edic-Baghdasarian.com Edic Baghdasarian 3 Military History of Armenia The Author dedecates this book to the glorious memory of the heroes of the Armenian armed forces fallen during the four-day battle of April 2016 Kyaram Sloyan Armeniak Urfanian Karen Nersisian Sasun Mkrdchian Edic Baghdasarian 5 Military History of Armenia Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. 5 Preface ............................................................................................................................... 9 A brief history of Armenia and military struggle for existence ................................. 13 Map of Armenia (through the centuries) ..................................................................... 13 Armenian Highland ........................................................................................................ 13 Provinces of Ancient Armenia ....................................................................................... 20 Administrative division of Armenia .............................................................................. 22 Armenian population ..................................................................................................... 61 Armenian Settlements in Ottoman Empire in 1914 Genocide .................................... 66 Falsification of the Armenian geographical names ..................................................... 76 Armenia in the ancient geographical sources .............................................................. 79 Ancient Armenia ............................................................................................................ 92 Ancient mentions about Armenia and the Armenians ................................................ 96 The First Armenian state: Aratta ................................................................................. 99 Armed Forces of the Hittite State ............................................................................... 101 Armed Forces of the Mitanni state ............................................................................. 102 The armed forces of the Hayasa-Azzi ......................................................................... 103 Armed Forces of Nairi State ........................................................................................ 105 Tribal union of Uruatri-Nairi ...................................................................................... 106 Kingdom of Van, Araratian kingdom (Urartu) ......................................................... 108 Van Kingdom (9-6 cc. BC) ........................................................................................... 108 Araratian Kings of Van ............................................................................................... 111 Yervandian or Yervanduni Dynasty ........................................................................... 112 Alexander the Great's Expedition- Armenian Artashesian Kingdom ..................... 116 Battle of Gaugamela ..................................................................................................... 116 Artashesian dynasty ..................................................................................................... 117 Battle of Carrhae (Kharran, Harran) ........................................................................ 120 Artashesian (Artaxiad) Dynasty.................................................................................. 122 Armenian Arshakunian (Arsacid) dynasty ................................................................ 123 Arshakunian Dynasty .................................................................................................. 128 Military Forces of Arshakunyats Armenia ................................................................ 129 Marzpanate Armenia (428-652 AD, Arab invasion, Byzantine Empire .................. 133 Arab invasions, Armenia under Caliphate rule ......................................................... 138 Bagratunian (Bagratid) dynasty ................................................................................. 142 Byzantine policy in Armenia ....................................................................................... 145 Seljuk-Turks' invasions................................................................................................ 145 Northern Armenia and Zakarian rule ........................................................................ 148 Mongol-Tatars dominance era .................................................................................... 150 The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia .............................................................................. 152 Edic Baghdasarian 6 Military History of Armenia Medieval Armenian weapons ...................................................................................... 156 Armenia in the14-18th centuries ................................................................................. 159 Liberation movement in Artsakh ................................................................................ 162 Syunik's sovereignty. Battles of Halidzor and Meghri .............................................. 164 The heroic defense of Yerevan, 1724 .......................................................................... 166 Armenian Melikdoms in the 17th and 18th centuries ............................................... 166 Armenian National Armed Forces during the absence of Armenian statehood ..... 168 Armenian National-liberation movements-1850's and 1860's .................................. 172 The Armenian Gurrrillas (Fidayi, Hajduk) Movement ............................................ 179 National-liberation movements in the 1890s .............................................................. 183 Armenian Volunteer Movement ................................................................................. 189 The Armenian Genocide .............................................................................................. 195 Armenian massacres, 1894–1896 ................................................................................ 195 Van self-defense, 1915 .................................................................................................. 198 Musa-Dagh self-defence, 1915 ..................................................................................... 201 Armenians and Baku Commune ................................................................................. 204 The invasion of Turkish troops in Eastern Armenia May Battles ........................... 206 The Republic of Armenia ............................................................................................. 211 Republic of Armenia 1918-1920 .................................................................................. 211 The Birth of the National Army of Armenian Republic ........................................... 213 The Armenian republic of Cilicia................................................................................ 221 Cilicia Population: ........................................................................................................ 221 Heroic battle of Hachen ............................................................................................... 221 TheArmenian Legion ................................................................................................... 225 Armenian Legion And The liberation of Cilicia ........................................................ 229 Establishment of the Red Army of Soviet Armenia ................................................... 231 Armenia during World War II ................................................................................... 233 The Armenian Legion and Nazi regime during WWII ............................................. 236 Armenian divisions within Soviet Army ..................................................................... 240 Tamanian division ........................................................................................................ 241 The Armenian Armed forces on the battlefield ......................................................... 245 Armenian partisan’s battle .........................................................................................