Wild Tiger Corps
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wild-tiger-corps-220-2645580
title:
Wild Tiger Corps
text:
The Wild Tiger Corps was a national paramilitary corps founded in Thailand in 1911 by King Vajiravudh. Inspired by the British Volunteer Force, it was intended to maintain civil order. The corps was meant to be a nationwide paramilitary corps, answerable only to the King. At first a ceremonial guard unit, it became a military force of 4,000 within its first year. Filled with commoners, the King would often socialize with them openly. The corps eventually rivalled the army in strength and the civ
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Thai paramilitary unit
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Tiger_Corps
date created:
2009-06-14T16:44:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T16:43:10Z
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