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This is a list of "Free Corps" (german: Freikorps), various military and/or paramilitary units raised from the civilian population.
Habsburg monarchy
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Freikorps
(, "Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. They effectively fought as mercenary or private armies, regar ...
, pre-1754 German units
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Serbian Free Corps
The Serbian Free Corps (german: Serbische Freikorps), known simply as ''frajkori'' ( sr-cyr, фрајкори), was a volunteer militia composed of ethnic Serbs, established by the Habsburg monarchy, to fight the Ottoman Empire during the Austro-T ...
(1787–92)
* Patriot militias, called Free Corps, in
Austrian Netherlands
The Austrian Netherlands nl, Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; french: Pays-Bas Autrichiens; german: Österreichische Niederlande; la, Belgium Austriacum. was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The p ...
Prussia
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Freiwilliges Feldjäger-Korps von Schmidt
Freiwilliges Feldjäger-Korps von Schmidt ( en, Volunteer Riflemen Corps von Schmidt, or perhaps more naturally, von Schmidt's Volunteer Corps of Riflemen) was a group of Prussian volunteer infantrymen that formed in late 1813 when the Grand Duch ...
(1813–14), a volunteer Riflemen Corps that formed in late 1813
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Lützow Free Corps
Lützow Free Corps ( ) was a volunteer force of the Prussian army during the Napoleonic Wars. It was named after its commander, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow. The Corpsmen were also widely known as the “''Lützower Jäger''“ or “''Schwarz ...
(1813–14), a voluntary force of the Prussian army during the Napoleonic Wars
World War II
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British Free Corps
The British Free Corps (german: Britisches Freikorps; BFC) was a unit of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, made up of British and British Dominions, Dominion prisoners of war who had been recruited by Germany. The unit was origi ...
(BFC; german: Britisches Freikorps), in the Waffen-SS World War II
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Sudetendeutsches Freikorps
, image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-026-51, Anschluss sudetendeutscher Gebiete.jpg
, caption = Sudetendeutsches Freikorps members
, dates = 1938 to 1939
, country =
, allegiance = Adolf Hitler
, branch =
, type = Terro ...
, was a paramilitary fifth-columnist organisation formed by Czech German nationalists with Nazi sympathies
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Free Corps Denmark
Free Corps Denmark ( da, Frikorps Danmark) was a unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II consisting of collaborationist volunteers from Denmark. It was established following an initiative by the National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNS ...
(1941–43), Danish volunteer free corps created by the Danish Nazi Party (DNSAP)
Other
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Exercitiegenootschap
An exercitiegenootschap (, ''exercise company'') or militia was a military organisation in the 18th century Netherlands, in the form of an armed private organization with a democratically chosen administration, aiming to train the citizens and the ...
, military organisation in the 18th century Netherlands
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Schutterij
Schutterij () refers to a voluntary city guard or citizen militia in the medieval and early modern Netherlands, intended to protect the town or city from attack and act in case of revolt or fire. Their training grounds were often on open spaces w ...
, a voluntary city guard or citizen militia in the medieval and early modern Netherlands
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Munckska kåren ''Munckska kåren'' (literally "the Munck corps", formally ''Stockholms luftförsvars frivilliga beredskapsförening'') was a Swedish secret paramilitary group founded by the retired lieutenant general Bror Munck in 1927. While nominally apolitical ...
, was a Swedish secret paramilitary group
Fictional
* In
Shannara
''Shannara'' is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with ''The Sword of Shannara'' in 1977 and concluding with ''The Last Druid'' which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, ''First King of Shann ...
series of novels written by
Terry Brooks
Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and ha ...
, the Free Corps is a unit of the Border Legion of Callahorn and was led by Stee Jans; it appeared in ''
The Elfstones of Shannara
''The Elfstones of Shannara'' is a 1982 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to ''The Sword of Shannara'' and the second book in '' The Original Shannara Trilogy''. It expands upon the history of the Elves, ...
'', helping to defend the Ellcrys against the Demons.
Freikorps
Free Corps {{short description, None
This is a list of "Free Corps" (german: Freikorps), various military and/or paramilitary units raised from the civilian population.
Habsburg monarchy
* Freikorps, pre-1754 German units
* Serbian Free Corps (1787–92)
* P ...