The Freikorps were nationalistic organisations primarily composed of disaffected, disenchanted, and angry German combat veterans founded by the government in January 1919 to deal with the threat of a Communist revolution when it appeared that there was a lack of loyal troops.
Frikorpsene, som primært bestod af utilfredse tyske veteraner, var nationalistiske organisationer, der var blevet etableret af regeringen i januar 1919, for at imødegå truslen om en kommunistisk revolution, da det viste sig, at der var mangel på loyale tropper.