History GCSE
Freikorps
What Freikorps means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Freikorps
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Right-wing paramilitary groups of demobilised soldiers, used by the government to crush the Spartacist revolt but who also posed a threat from the Right.
Topics that use Freikorps
- Option 31: Key topic 1: The Weimar Republic 1918–29 - 2 The early challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919–23 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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