Landsturm
Sign in to savethumb|White Landsturm in German East Africa, [[World War I]] In various European countries, the term land storm (, Dutch and , roughly "land assault") was historically used to refer to militia or military units composed of conscripts who were not in the regular army. It is particularly associated with Prussia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
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- Germany
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- North German Confederation from 1867
- Bavaria from 1868
- Germany during WW2
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thumb|White Landsturm in German East Africa, [[World War I]] In various European countries, the term land storm (, Dutch and , roughly "land assault") was historically used to refer to militia or military units composed of conscripts who were not in the regular army. It is particularly associated with Prussia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Sweden, and the Netherlands.
== Germany == === Prussia from 1813 === In Prussia after the of 21 April 1813, all the male population from ages 15 to 60 who were capable of military service and who were not in the standing army or the Landwehr, came under the authority of the Landsturm, which effectively formed the last national military reserve.
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