Vanguard of Nazism: The Free Corps of Movement in Postwar Germany 1918-1923

by Robert G.L. Waite

Book Overview

The Free Corps Movement had its origins in the pre-war youth movement and on the battlefields of the war. The returning soldiers, embittered by defeat, believing themselves betrayed by a cowardly government, and psychologically incapable of demobilizing, formed into volunteer bands throughout Germany. These groups, immensely powerful by 1919, were hired by the newly established Weimar Republic to fight against the Communists. They fought for the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393001814
• ISBN13: 9780393001815
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"