Ganja Battalion Explained

Unit Name:Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu
Dates:1992-???
Country: Azerbaijan
Allegiance:Armed Forces of Azerbaijan
Type:Infantry
Size:200 over the course of the war
Battles:First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Commander1:Mehman Alakbarov
Commander1 Label:Commander

The Ganja Volunteer Battalion (Azerbaijani: Gəncə yarım könüllü batalyonu) was a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve Azerbaijani military personnel sent to the Nagorno-Karabakh region as part of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan force fighting in the first Nagorno-Karabakh War. The battalion is best known for liberation of Askeran province and elimination of Armenian Arabo Unit on June 29, 1992, in Ağdərə.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huseynov . Rizvan . ru:Июнь 1992 года. Попавшие в окружение армянские бандиты и иностранные наемники . http://www.1news.az/politics/20080625025045780.html . 1news.az . 1 August 2010 . ru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020135350/http://www.1news.az/politics/20080625025045780.html . 20 October 2012 .
  2. http://milliqahraman.az/index/open_full_h.php?lng=3&id=100019 Hüseynov Şahlar İsa oğlu