Free Corps
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Free Corps is a name that has often been assumed by various military and/or paramilitary units raised from the civilian population, such as:
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[edit] 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
[edit] Denmark
[edit] Netherlands
- Vrijcorpsen, (along with the Exercitiegenootschappen) the successor to the Schutterijen
[edit] 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.