General Drastamat Kanayan ( May 31 , 1884 â `` March 8 , 1956 ) was an Armenian politician , revolutionary , and general . He was the commander of the Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht , the armed forces of Nazi Germany and part of Armenian national liberation movement . , May 31 , 1884 - March 8 , 1956 ) , was a politician , revolutionary , military commander of Hitlerâ s Armenian Legion of the Wehrmacht , the armed forces of Nazi Germany , and part of Armenian national liberation movement as a member of the A.R.F. Dashnaktsuyun .