!!!Landwehr

Landwehr militia, originally (since the 16%%sup th/%  century) 
comprised all men fit for military service to defend the country in 
case of invasions of enemy forces ( Militia). Owing to the pressure of 
the  Napoleonic Wars the Austrian government decided in 1808 to 
establish a Landwehr according to the model of the guerrilla warfare 
of the Spanish people against the French occupation. Archduke Johann 
and foreign minister Johann Philipp, Graf von Stadion organised a 
Landwehr which gave momentum to the War of Liberation against 
Napoleon. The Landwehr was dissolved in 1852 and re-established in 
1869 as national army in both parts of the empire (called Honved in 
Hungary) and as counterpart to the Austro-Hungarian army. This 
Landwehr consisted mainly of cavalry and infantry regiments and was 
subject to special "Ministries of Defence".


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