POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
POST WAR EUROPE
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soldierkorps
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armykorps
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luftwaffe
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Freikorps
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the aftermath of World War I and during the German Revolution of 1918–19, Freikorps consisting largely of World War I veterans were raised as paramilitary militias.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Freikorp, translating as Free Corps, were an armed group with right wing beliefs. They were made up of mainly former soldiers who were patriotic nationalistic Germans and anti-communists.
Detailed explanation-3: -There were those in the new Weimar government led by Friedrich Ebert, who supported the Freikorps and used sections of it when it was useful to do so. The Freikorps was used to put down the German Revolution of 1918-1919 and it crushed the Bavarian Soviet Republic in May 1919.
Detailed explanation-4: -In crushing the communists the Freikorps had saved the government, but the terms of the Treaty of Versailles meant Germany’s army had to be significantly reduced and the Freikorps had to be disbanded.
Detailed explanation-5: -The German National People’s Party (German: Deutschnationale Volkspartei, DNVP) was a national-conservative party in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Before the rise of the Nazi Party, it was the major conservative and nationalist party in Weimar Germany.