The few survivors of the massacres of 1915 congregated in the northeastern corner of their homeland to await the defeat of the Turks by the democratic allies. Freedom and national selfdetermination. as advocated by President Woodrow Wilson. became symbols of destiny for these people. In 1918. an illequipped Armenian army of refugees and volunteers from abroad defeated an invading Turkish force and. on May 28 of that year. proclaimed Armenias freedom and independence. Tragically. this freedom. which was bought at such a high cost in human suffering. lasted only a brief time. The Armenian people had barely begun to establish a democratic society when they were once again robbed of their freedom.
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