4-576: The Bund Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag Society) or the Verband Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag Union) was a paramilitary organization founded by Ernst Röhm in 1923. The Bund Reichskriegsflagge was formed from the local groups of Memmingen, Schleißheim, Augsburg and Munich of the Wehrverband Reichsflagge (Imperial Flag Combat League), which had previously been expelled for insubordination. The official leader
8-441: The command of a military , train alongside them, or have permission to use their resources, despite not actually being part of them. Under the law of war , a state may incorporate a paramilitary organization or armed agency (such as a law enforcement agency or a private volunteer militia ) into its combatant armed forces. Some countries' constitutions prohibit paramilitary organizations outside government use . Depending on
12-751: Was Joseph Seydel but Ernst Röhm was really in control. Political leadership was transferred to Adolf Hitler on September 25, 1923. It was part of the Kampfbund . The Bund Reichskriegsflagge under Ernst Röhm was instrumental in the Beer Hall Putsch —the unsuccessful attempt by Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) to seize power in Munich in November 1923. Both it and the NSDAP were banned afterwards. The Bund Reichskriegsflagge
16-1094: Was briefly resurrected in 1925, then merged with the Tannenbergbund . Paramilitary A paramilitary is a military that is not a part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the term "paramilitary" as far back as 1934. Though a paramilitary is, by definition, not a military , it is usually equivalent to a light infantry or special forces in terms of strength, firepower, and organizational structure. Paramilitaries use combat-capable kit/equipment (such as internal security / SWAT vehicles ), or even actual military equipment (such as long guns and armored personnel carriers ; usually military surplus resources), skills (such as battlefield medicine and bomb disposal ), and tactics (such as urban warfare and close-quarters combat ) that are compatible with their purpose, often combining them with skills from other relevant fields such as law enforcement , coast guard , or search and rescue . A paramilitary may fall under
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