Territorial Army, a type of militia.
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Landwehr, or Landeswehr, is a German language term used in referring to certain national armies, or militias found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. In different context it refers to large-scale, low-strength fortifications. In German, the word means `defence of the country`; but the term as applied to an insurrectional militia .....
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• (n.) That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.
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In World War I, German second-line reserve troops. All German conscripts, on completion of their mandatory service, were transferred to the `first ban` of the Landwehr for five years, during...
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Land'wehr` noun [ G., from
land land, country +
wehr defense.] That part of the army, in Germany and Austria, which has completed the usual military service and is exempt from duty in time of peace, except that it is called out occasionally for drill.
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German conscript troops.
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During the Great War, Landwehr were German second-line reserve troops. All German conscripts, on completion of their mandatory service, were transferred to the 'first ban' of the Landwehr for five years, during which time they attended regular training camps. At the end of this period they passed into the 'second ban' until they were 39, when they ...
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Territorial Army, a type of militia.
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