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  Paramilitary - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
These groups may then act according to their own subset of tactical, economical and even political objectives, which may or may not be in opposition to those of the central government or established military command as a whole.
When a group is acting locally against a military occupation, its members may be referred to as partisans, guerrillas, or as resistance fighters by supporters.
Paramilitary groups may also be formed to serve as mercenaries or private armies.
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 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Paramilitary
There are paramilitary units that are an official legislated arm of the government, anti-government armed units that claim military status, and civilian paramilitary units that are neither, and other groups that are something in between.
Paramilitary forces have been responsible for some violations of the laws of war and for several atrocities.
The paramilitary operations of the CIA and Mossad (as distinct from their intelligence-gathering function) are one example.
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 Weimar paramilitary groups - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paramilitary groups were formed throughout the Weimar Republic in the wake of Germany's defeat in World War I and the ensuing German Revolution.
Paramilitary groups were quite active in the ill-fated Republic, sometimes used to seize power and other times to quell disturbances.
Kampfbund (Battle League) was an umbrella group involving NSDAP paramilitary groups and a freikorp group.
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 Paramilitary Encyclopedia Article @ Hostilities.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A member of paramilitary Karuna group was shot and seriously injured when unknown gunmen fired at a group of cadres walking from Pillaiyar Temple along Badulla...
The largest part of the Gendarmerie is made of "normal" officers who perform duties in a way similar to what a normal police officer, state trooper or deputy sheriff would do in the United States.
While the word "paramilitary" is most often associated with violence, some groups have paramilitary features (military rank, uniforms, a strict chain of command, military courtesy) but are not intended for direct combat or police duties.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> militia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A related concept is the jury, which can be regarded as a specialized form of militia convened to render a verdict in a court proceeding (trial jury) or to investigate a public matter and render a presentment or indictment (grand jury).
Unorganized, or Constitutional Militias, are citizen groups who espouse the intent of the Founding Fathers of the United States in regard to the right to keep and bear arms (see Second Amendment to the United States Constitution).
Most private militia groups are armed or espouse the use of arms, however some groups (mostly U.S. groups) espouse political protest and more peaceful means of bringing about political change, and take up arms only for traditional or ideological reasons, or as a sort of rebellious protest against restrictions on such activities.
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 Paramilitary info here at en.13-year.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Haganah, precursor of the Israeli Defense Forces, was on a paramilitary passel that defended Jewish-acquired territory in Palestine meanwhile the British Mandate period.
Paramilitary bands may on be formed to hit as mercenaries or particular armies.
While the huddle "paramilitary" is better coadunate with violence, some bands have paramilitary promotes (military rank, uniforms, a strict chain of command, military courtesy) but aren't advised for unreserved combat or police duties.
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 Paramilitary info here at en.10-parenting-tips.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There are paramilitary outfits that are an bona fide legislated arm of the government, anti-government armed outfits that ultimatum militant status, 'n civilian paramilitary outfits that are neither, 'n auxiliary messs that are thing in between.
The Haganah, precursor of the Israeli Defense Forces, was moreover a paramilitary division that defended Jewish-acquired territory in Palestine throughout the British Mandate period.
Paramilitary messs may moreover be formed to nurse as mercenaries or closet armies.
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 Right-Wing Paramilitary Groups in Chile, 1900-1950
In fact, this became a model unit and was shown with satisfaction throughout the country.[6] Despite the strong civilism of the Chilean upper class, the paramilitary groups were a kind of meeting point for civilians and military, many times separated by political quarrels or praetorian intents.
Though the paramilitary groups generally were unable to articulate a national project, they operated with a great deal of autonomy with regards to the political parties of the traditional and established Right.
Groups like The Friends of Germany Association and others had a great influence on the military officer corps.[23] As an indication of that influence I can cite the unsuccessful coup d'état of January 1944, which has as one of its objectives the restoration of diplomatic relationship with the Axis, broken a year before.
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 Paramilitary info here at en.about-gasoline-alley.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Haganah, precursor of the Israeli Defense Forces, was ahead a paramilitary stiff-necked that defended Jewish-acquired territory in Palestine bosom the British Mandate period.
Paramilitary circles may ahead be formed to handle as mercenaries or unofficial armies.
While the palaver "paramilitary" is highest recurrently allyed with violence, some circles have paramilitary smash ups (military rank, uniforms, a strict chain of command, military courtesy) but destined for downright combat or police duties.
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 math lessons - National Socialist German Workers Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The NSDAP was the main political force in Nazi Germany from the fall of the Weimar Republic in 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945, when it was declared illegal and its leaders were arrested and convicted of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials.
In 1933, the paramilitary groups of the Nazi Party began merging with the German state, as well, the most notable of which was the SS which would eventually take over all law enforcement functions of Germany and also serve as a political police force.
The Hitler Youth was a paramilitary group divided into an adult leadership corps and a general membership open to boys aged fourteen to eighteen.
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 History of Germany, The Weimar Republic, 1918-33   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Weimar Republic, proclaimed on November 9, 1918, was born in the throes of military defeat and social revolution.
The Weimar Republic was beset with serious problems from the outset that led many Germans either to withhold support from the new parliamentary democracy or to seek actively to destroy it.
The right posed a graver threat to the Weimar Republic than did the extreme left because it enjoyed the support of most of Germany's establishment: the military, the financial elites, the state bureaucracy, the educational system, and much of the press.
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 Nazi Paramilitary Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
During the Putsch the SA was hardly distinguishable from the other völkisch groups in the coalition Hitler put together for the coup.
In July 1926, during the same party rally which recognized Kurt Gruber's HJ at Weimar, the SS was declared to be the elite organization of the party.
In an arcane ceremony, typical of many mysterious practices with which the SS was to be associated, the "blood banner" which had been stained during the conflict with the police on the Odeonplatz in 1923, was transferred to the SS for safekeeping.
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 Paramilitary info here at en.my-widgets.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Paramilitary Police Need Hurts Recruiting Jack Love at New Mexico Law and Society questions the recruiting requirements for Police in his neck of the woods.
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 Weimar Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Weimar Republic (German Weimarer Republik, IPA: [ˈvaɪ̯marər repuˈbliːk]) is the historical name for the republic that governed Germany from 1919 to 1933.
The last years of the Weimar republic were stamped by even more political instability than in the previous years and the administrations of Chancellors Brüning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler (from 30 January to 23 March 1933) were all Presidentially appointed dictatorships.
As regards the Rhenish-Westphalian Industrial Magnates and Franz von Papen, the Nuremburg Trials studied the era from January 30, 1933, and came to the conclusion that it would not be an indictable offence to have assisted Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP to power.
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 Paramilitary : Sirchin - The Free Encyclopedia And Other Stuff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When asked about the charges by some insurgents that the government was using paramilitary forces to intimidate them, the governor replied that his government didn't need paramilitary hit squads because "My government has the police.
Apparently Albuquerque is experiencing a severe shortage of police officers at the moment.First, the idea of paramilitary...
These shootings occur in areas dominated by paramilitaries, carry all the gruesome characteristics of paramilitary shootings - but happily for Government and the other peace processors, the not so subtle implication in these media...
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 Wikinfo | Weimar Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It is named after the city of Weimar, Germany, where a national assembly convened to produce a new constitution after Germany's defeat in World War I.
The Reichstag drove the final nails in Weimar's coffin by passing the Enabling Act on March 23, 1933, which formally gave Hitler the power to govern by decree and in effect disbanded the remainders of the Weimar constitution altogether.
At the death of Hindenburg on August 2, 1934, Hitler merged the offices of Reichspräsident and Reichskanzler and reinstalled himself with the new title Führer und Reichskanzler.
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 Democracy and the Weimar Republic
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and government passed from royal hands to an elected government known as the Weimar Republic.
What was needed were fewer parties with widespread appeal so that one could get enough support to form a strong government that could pass laws and make changes to the benefit of the German people.
The Weimar Republic faced serious competition from Communist, left-wing revolts in major cities such as Berlin and from right-wing, paramilitary groups such as the
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 History
Reichstag- elected by proportional representation- White- “It is sometimes claimed that this was an important cause of Weimar Germany’s frequent changes of government in the 1920’s.
Weimar employed historians to prove war not Germany' fault but this improved image of the army.
Attitude of Weimar’s political parties towards parliamentary government was naïve and irresponsible.
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 Weimar Germany
Fall of the Weimar Republic Chronology of the key stages in the collapse of the Republic
The Weimar Republic and its collapse From Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War by Ludwig von Mises (1944).
Paramilitary Groups Focus is on the emergence in the 1920's, early 1930's of SS and SA.
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 Weimar Problems
In 1920, after the failure of the Kapp Putsch, a paramilitary group called the
This discussion investigates the parallels between the setting up of Weimar Germany and the present-day situation in Iraq.
One of the main problems for the Weimar government was the right-wing Dolchstosslegende - the claim that the Army had been 'stabbed in the back' by the government (whom the right called 'the November criminals').
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 The Holocaust Chronicle PROLOGUE: Roots of the Holocaust, page 35
These right-wing paramilitary groups consisted largely of World War I veterans who blamed Germany's defeat on the Jews and the Social Democrats, the largest--and considerably Jewish--political party in the Weimar Republic, which had been proclaimed on November 9, 1918.
1918: The antisemitic group Schutz und Trutz Bund is established in Germany.
The group uses the swastika as a symbol of German nationalism.
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 MyDD :: Blaming the Victim
Since the police under the Weimar constitution were responsible to the federal states and not to the central government, the Bavarian police had used their power to protect radical right-wing groups such as the Nazis.
In the spring and summer of 1923, Hitler's SA and other right-wing paramilitary groups held a series of mass demonstrations in Munich, exciting the paramilitary units with calls for a national uprising.
The new Weimar government likewise declared a state of emergency in Germany and conferred executive powers on the head of the Reichswehr, General von Seeckt.
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 Freikorps - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
However, the meaning of the word has changed over time.
After 1918, the term was used for the far-right paramilitary organizations that sprang up around Germany as soldiers returned in defeat from World War I. It was one of the many Weimar paramilitary groups active during that time.
Many German veterans felt profoundly disconnected from civilian life, and joined a Freikorps in search of stability within a military structure.
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When did parliamentary democracy end in Weimar Germany?
Which groups had de facto control after 1930?
Which social groups joined and voted for the Nazis?
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