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British Free Corps

unit comprising renegade Britons in the army of Nazi Germany
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British Free Corps
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British Free Corps

Summary

British Free Corps is a military unit[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (562 views/month, #40 of 4,978).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Free Corps is in the country of Nazi Germany[3].
  • British Free Corps's image is recorded as Ärmelabzeichen britisches Freiwilligenkorps.svg[4].
  • British Free Corps's instance of is recorded as military unit[5].
  • British Free Corps's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124486934[6].
  • British Free Corps's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93118071[7].
  • British Free Corps's Commons category is recorded as British Free Corps[8].
  • British Free Corps's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • +1944-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Free Corps[10].
  • British Free Corps was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • British Free Corps's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[12].
  • British Free Corps's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/016g86[13].
  • British Free Corps's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as pna2005285569[14].
  • British Free Corps's parent organization or unit is recorded as Waffen-SS[15].
  • British Free Corps's allegiance is recorded as Nazi Germany[16].

Body

Founding

+1944-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of British Free Corps[10].

Operations

British Free Corps's parent organization or unit is recorded as Waffen-SS[15].

Dissolution

British Free Corps was dissolved in +1945-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].

Why It Matters

British Free Corps ranks in the top 0.8% of military_unit entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (562 views/month, #40 of 4,978).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Nazi Germany United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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