In September 1918 , on the Palestinian front , the Ottoman army was crumbling before the British expeditionary forces in the Middle East , which contained an Armenian contingent commanded by a French colonel and French officers , as well as Armenian officers . Many of the Armenians were survivors from Musa Dagh , where Armenians had resisted against Turkish massacres during the Armenian Genocide . The legion had landed at Jaffa in the middle of September and was prepared to take part in the final British offensive to evict the Ottomans from Palestine
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Battle of Arara