German Freikorps 1918–23

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20th twentieth century
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anti-Communist
armed forces
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battle
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combat experience
conflict
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illustrated
insignia
military
Modern Warfare
Nazi Party
organisation
service record
strategy
tactic
uniform
units
veterans

Product details

  • ISBN 9781841761848
  • Weight: 250g
  • Dimensions: 184 x 248mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Sep 2001
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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This book charts the seemingly spontaneous growth of the 'Free Corps' movement from the ashes of the Imperial German Army following the 1918 Armistice. Large numbers of former officers and soldiers - often from elite units - assembled in 'private armies' and helped themselves to weapons and equipment Led by highly motivated and often highly decorated combat leaders, these 'Freikorps' fought off both Communists at home and Polish troops in the borderlands with considerable success, founding a nationalist legend. Many went on to serve in the new Reichswehr, and later in the SA and SS.

Carlos Caballero Jurado was born in Ciudad Real, Spain, in 1957. He served as an NCO in the Spanish Army's Division Brunete (1st Armoured Division); and later graduated with a BA in History from the University of Alicante. He has written and co-written four Osprey titles; he is also the author of fourteen other books and numerous articles on military historical subjects, and his work has been translated into English and German.

Ramiro Bujeiro, previously the illustrator of Osprey's Warrior 23: US Marine in Vietnam, and Elite 68: The Military Sniper since 1914, is an experienced commercial artist who lives and works in his native city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His professional background includes many commissions as a figure illustrator and strip cartoonist for clients all over Europe and the Americas, including many years' work for IPC magazines in Great Britain.