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Ganja Battalion

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Active
  
1992-???

Branch
  
Army

Engagements
  
Nagorno-Karabakh War

Country
  
Azerbaijan

Type
  
Infantry

Size
  
200 over the course of the war

The Ganja Battalion in the Nagorno-Karabakh War (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 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.

References

Ganja Battalion Wikipedia