Free Corps

Free Corps

Free Corps is a name that has often been assumed by various military and/or paramilitary units raised from the civilian population, such as:

Germany/Prussia

*pre-1754 Free Corps (see: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben)
*Lützow Free Corps (1813-1814) - Napoleonic Wars
*Freiwilliges Feldjäger-Korps von Schmidt (1813-1814) - Napoleonic Wars
*Freikorps (1918-1920s) - end of World War I through the Armistice
*British Free Corps (BFC) (Britisches Freikorps) - World War II, Waffen-SS

Denmark

*Frikorps Danmark

Netherlands

*Vrijcorpsen, (along with the Exercitiegenootschappen) the successor to the Schutterijen

Shannara

* Free Corps (Shannara)--this unit was part of the Border Legion (Shannara) of Callahorn and was led by Stee Jans; appeared in "The Elfstones of Shannara", helping to defend the Ellcrys against the Demons.


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