Truppengattung (Historisch) Freikorps, Kürassiere, Ulanen, Husaren, Pikenier, Dragoner, Landsknecht, Artillerietruppe, K.k. Gendarmerie, K.u.k. Husaren, Reisläufer, K.u.k. Ulanen, Janitscharen, Phalanx, Kavallerie, Musketier, K.u.k. Trabantenleibgarde - neues Buch

Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 396. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Freikorps, Kürassiere, Ulanen, Husaren, Pikenier, Dragoner, Landsknecht, Artillerietruppe, K.k. Gendarmerie, K.u.k. Husaren, Reisläufer, K.u.k. Ulanen, Janitscharen, Phalanx, Kavallerie, Musketier, K.u.k. Trabantenleibgarde, Fallschirmjäger, Tatschanka, Chevauleger, Sipahi, Hoplit, Train, Bogenschütze, Leichte Infanterie, Franc-Tireur, Staatspferdezuchtanstalten, Sappeur, Jäger Zu Pferde, Ingenieurkorps, Stratioten, Telegrafentruppe, Ashigaru, Deutsche Reiter, Almogàvers, Hastati, Peltast, Mora, Berittene Artillerie, Unsterbliche, Tirailleure, Senegalesische Infanterie, Füsilier, Haustruppen, Sepoy, Kaiserliche, Karabiniers, Bosniak, Freibataillon, Zuaven, Mineur, Ballontrain, Fahrende Artillerie, Francs-Archers, Principes, Banderien, Rugaruga, Triarier, Guiden, Pezhetairoi, Hypaspist, Psiloi, Velites, Pontonier, Mangudai, Thorakitai, Schützen, Agrianes, Hetairenreiterei, Rondartschier, Ferentarii, Schleuderer, Turkos, Voltigeure, Schwarze Garde, Fußartillerie, Ordonnanzkompanie, Bandes Françaises, Dschigiten, Rodeleros, Armierungssoldat, Ekdromoi, Linienregiment, Lanzierer, Mobile Kolonne, Gymneten, Contarii, Rorarii, Nobelgarde, Krakusen, Arkebusierreiter, Hartschier, Pezoi, Hellebardenträger, Leibgendarmerie. Auszug: The designation of Freikorps (German for "Free Corps") was originally applied to voluntary armies formed in German lands from the middle of the 18th century onwards. After World War I the term was used for the paramilitary organizations that sprang up around Weimar Germany and fought both for and against the state. Painting of three famous Free Corps members, 1815. - Heinrich Hartmann, Theodor Körner and Friedrich FriesenThe first freikorps were recruited by Frederick II of Prussia in the 18th century during the Seven Years' War. The freikorps were regarded as unreliable by regular armies, so they were mainly used as sentries and for minor duties. During the Napoleonic Wars, Freikorps were formed for the purpose of shaking off French rule in Germany. Those led by Ferdinand von Schill were decimated in the Battle of Stralsund (1809), many of their members killed in battle or executed at Napoleon's command in the aftermath. Later, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, a survivor of Schill's freikorps, formed the Lützow Free Corps which took part in the German War of Liberation. The anti-Napoleonic freikorps often operated behind French lines, as a kind of commado or guerrilla force. Throughout the 19th Century, these anti-Napoleonic freikorps were greatly praised and glorified by German Nationalists, and a heroic myth built up around their exploits. It was this myth which was invoked, in considerably different cirumstances, the aftermath of Germany's defeat in the World War I. Recruitment poster for Freikorps HülsenThe meaning of the word "freikorps" changed over time. After 1918, the term was used for the paramilitary organizations that sprang up around Germany as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. They were the key Weimar paramilitary groups active during that time. Many German veterans felt disconnected from civilian life, and joined a Freikorps in search of stability within a military structure. Others, angry at their sudden, apparently inexplicable defeat,