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Soon after the beginning of Russian
Campaign (1941-46), following the Axis plans for the dismemberment of the USSR and creation of new satellite-states on
its territory, the “Liberation Committees” of Armenia,
Azerbaijan and Georgia were formed in Berlin. Those Committees regarded by the
Nazi leadership as embryonic governments of the future satellite-states of Germany,
since April 15, 1942, were granted the status of “full-right allies” of the
Third Reich.
During the “Battle for the Caucasus” also known as the “Operation
Edelweiss”(1942-43) when the Axis occupation of the South Caucasus became a
real possibility, the ”Liberation Committees” of the three nations of the
South Caucasus and the North Caucasia received a directive from Adolf Hitler
to resolve their territorial disputes. As a result of quite heated talks, the
leaders of the Caucasus collaborators agreed
on the following terms:
- Armenia was supposed
to gain Nakhichevan and all of the Mountainous
Karabakh (including North
Artsakh) and a small part of Javakheti (Akhalkalaki
district of Georgia)
- Georgia was to
receive the imperial districts if Sochi and Zakatala,
lost in 1919-1921 to Russia
and Azerbaijan
- For
al territorial concessions to Armenia
and Georgia, Azerbaijan
was to be compensated by the most of Daghestan
where Azeri-Turkish language was lingua
franca (later it was replaced in that capacity by Russian)
Armenian and Georgian “Liberation Committees”
(AONK and GNK) were also given promises by Alfred Rosenberg that in case of
Axis invasion of Turkey, Armenia would be granted Western Armenia and Cilicia
while Georgia was supposed to receive parts of the historical Paryadria (The Empire of Trebizonde).
The defeat of the Axis powers in 1945 put
an end to the above virtual projects (see the below map for details).
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