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    Aizsargi (lit. 'Defenders' or 'Guards') was a volunteer paramilitary organization, militia with some characteristics of a military reserve force (Latvian:...
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    February 2014. "Organization of the Aizsargi". aizsargi.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15. "MILITARY AIRCRAFT - National Guard (Aizsargi) - Latvian Aviation". latvianaviation...
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    with the support of Minister of War Jānis Balodis and the paramilitary Aizsargi organization, took control of the main state and party offices, proclaimed...
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  • 1936 until 1938 and was used as a trainer by the Latvian Aeroclub and the Aizsargi home guard. In the 1930s, the Estonian designers Voldemar Post, Otto Org...
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    and PPK variants were also privately bought and used by members of the Aizsargi national guard.  Madagascar: PP variant  Mali: PP variant  Mauritius: PP...
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    Landwehr ("country guard"), or from an attempted translation of landwehr. Aizsargi (Latvia, 1919–1940) Home Guard (Unionist), during the American Civil War...
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    he was awarded the Defence League White Cross 3rd Class and the Latvian Aizsargi Cross of Merit. In the German army he was awarded the Iron Cross first...
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    bloodless coup was carried out by army and units of the national guard Aizsargi loyal to Ulmanis. They moved against key government offices, communications...
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  • members of the pre-war Latvian Army's Aviation Regiment, the paramilitary Aizsargi, and the Latvian Aero Club. Flying training was carried out in the Bücker...
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    1941) was a Latvian general, and from 1930 to 1940 a commander in the Aizsargi home guard. Prauls was born in Lielstraupe parish in Vidzeme. In 1915,...
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  • Jews by local volunteers (former army officers, policemen, students, and Aizsargi). This helped with a chronic German personnel shortage and provided the...
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    Corps  Japan Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service  Latvia Latvian Air Force Aizsargi  Federated Malay States  Mexico Mexican Air Force Models made in Mexico...
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  • component of the Latvian National Guard 1993–2000 Aviation Regiment of the Aizsargi 1937-1940 State Border Guard aviation - Armed border guard service of Latvia...
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    or created as vehicles of popular mobilization, like the paramilitary Aizsargi or self-development Mazpulki, but none amounted either to a state party...
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    Lithuania and Finland. The Armed Forces were also supported by the volunteer Aizsargi Organization. However, the most crucial problem and flaw for both the Latvian...
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    Germans and recruited from former Latvian army and police officers, ex-Aizsargi, members of the Pērkonkrusts, and university students, assisted in the...
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  • Baumanis - composer (May 21, 2005) Jānis Balodis - general, Commander of the Aizsargi units (May 12, 1932; November 18, 1938) Jānis Čakste - first president...
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  • Award of the Cabinet of Ministers) Aizsargi Cross of Merit (Aizsargu Nopelnu krusts, awarded 1927–1940) Aizsargi Medal "For Effort" ("For Diligence'"...
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    Lithuanian Territorial Defense Force Forest Brothers Estonian Defence League Aizsargi Territorial Defence Force (Poland) Territorial Defense Forces (Ukraine)...
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  • resistance fighters (including former members of the pre-World War II Aizsargi and 19th Latvian Waffen SS division) participated in unsuccessful guerrilla...
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    group from the self-proclaimed successor organization of the pre-WWII Aizsargi, led by Jānis Rība. Members of the group were assigned code names, swore...
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    former politicians, wealthy bourgeois and farmers, police, members of Aizsargi, and NGO leaders, even philatelists and enthusiasts of Esperanto were included...
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    calibers to British .303. The rifles were also issued to members of the Aizsargi paramilitary guard and, since 1928, the Latvian police.  Lithuania – The...
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    Air Service  Latvia Latvian Air Force operated four ex-Soviet aircraft. Aizsargi  Lithuania Lithuanian Air Force operated a single ex-Soviet aircraft that...
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    Latvian War of Independence 10 Year Anniversary Commemorative Medal (1929) Aizsargi Cross of Merit [lv] (1929) Riflemen's Star (1931) Order of the Lily (1931)...
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    self-defense organization. Its roots can be traced to the pre-World War II Aizsargi organization. It is the largest NAF structure in terms of numbers. The...
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  • Lāčplēsis (III class), Order of the Three Stars (II, III classes), Latvian Aizsargi Cross of Merit, Order of St. Vladimir (III, IV classes (both with lances))...
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    was a Latvian general. From 1925 to 1928 Bolšteins was commander of the Aizsargi home guard, from 1928 to 1940 commander of the Latvian border guard. He...
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    Aéronautique Militaire Aéronautique Maritime  Latvia Latvian Air Force Aizsargi – 1 × GL.22  Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Royal Air Force – 20 GL.22...
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  • Prauls (1895–1941), Latvian general, from 1930 to 1940 was a commander of Aizsargi organization Kārlis Sensbergs, Waffen-Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS...
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