League of Liberators
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The League of Liberators (in Estonian: Vabadussõjalaste Liit, vabadussõjalased, or colloquially vapsid) was an Estonian association of veterans of the Estonian Liberation War (1918-1920) against the Soviets. The organisation was of proto-fascist nature and allegedly tried twice to overthrow the government of Konstantin Päts, once in 1933 and a second time in December 1935.
On May 6 1936, 150 members of the league went on trial and 143 of them were convicted to long-term prison sentences. They were granted an amnesty and freed in 1938, by which time the league had lost most of its popular support.