What is Andranik Ozanian?
[[File:Andranikpasha.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Andranik Toros Ozanian, national hero of Armenia.]] '''Andranik Toros Ozanian''', or '''Zoravar Andranik''', (25 February 1865 – 31 August 1927) was an [[Armenia]]n [[military]] [[General officer|general]] and [[freedom fighter]]. He was seen by Armenian people as a [[national]] [[hero]]. == Biography == He was born in Şebinkarahisar, Ottoman Armenia (present-day Giresun Province, [[Turkey]]). After losing his wife and son at an early age, he joined the [[Armenians|Armenian]] freedom movement in the [[Ottoman Empire]], and participated in various political parties. Andranik participated in the [[Balkan Wars of 1912-1913]], within the [[Bulgaria]]n army, alongside general [[Garegin Njdeh]] as a commander of Armenian auxiliary troops of 1912-1913. After his arrest and jailed; he spent some time in [[Istanbul]]. During [[World War I]], he participated in the Caucasus Campaign and was appointed as general of the [[Armenians|Armenian]] volunteer units of the [[Russia]]n army. He participated in 20 different offensives where he gained fame due to his courage and the tactics he came up with to defeat the opposing forces. He was the commanding officer of the Armenian volunteer units, which helped the Van Resistance take control of the Van on 6 May 1915. He helped re-capture the city from Ottoman forces during the Battle of Van. He was also the commander of the battalion that took the city of Bitlis (see: Battle of Bitlis) from the Ottoman forces that was under control of Mustafa Kemal. After declaration of Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA), he organized volunteer units against the Ottoman army, and fought alongside those units. Declaration of Treaty of Batum was in diffuse as Andranik, was fighting against the Ottoman Empire with his army. He refused to accept the borders stated by the treaty. His activities were concentrated at the link between Ottoman Empire to Azerbaijan Democratic Republic at Karabakh, Zanghezur and Nakhichevan. Ozanian struck back at the Ottoman Fronts