Aizsargi
Sign in to saveAizsargi (; officially – , or LAO) was a volunteer paramilitary organization, militia with some characteristics of a military reserve force in Latvia during the interbellum period (1918–1939).
Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- AizsargiLatvijas Aizsargu organizācija
- Military unit.image
- File:Aizsargi 1939 moto.png
- Military unit.caption
- Aizsargu motorcyclists during a 20-year anniversary in 1939.
- Military unit.dates
- 1919–1940
- Military unit.country
- Latvia
- Military unit.type
- Infantry
- Military unit.size
- 60,684 (1940)
- Military unit.motto
- Visu par Latviju (Everything for Latvia)
- Military unit.battles
- Latvian War of Independence1934 Latvian coup d'état
- Military unit.notable_commanders
- Ludvigs BolšteinsAugusts TonsKārlis Prauls
- Military unit.identification_symbol
- 150px
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Aizsargi (; officially – , or LAO) was a volunteer paramilitary organization, militia with some characteristics of a military reserve force in Latvia during the interbellum period (1918–1939).
The Aizsargi was created on March 30, 1919, by the Latvian Provisional Government as a self-defense force - a kind of National Guard - during the Latvian War of Independence. In 1921, it was reorganized to follow the example of the Finnish Suojeluskunta (known as the "White Guard").