Voldemārs Ozols
Voldemārs Ozols was a Latvian military commander, lieutenant colonel, honored with the Order of Lāčplēsis, one of the Latvian Riflemen, a military theorist, and a right wing politician.
On December 15, 1932 he founded a right-wing extremist organization, The Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis and Freedom Fighters "Legion", known simply as the Legion. It was a rather small organization, primarily of World War I and Latvian War of Independence veterans. In 1934, in the declaration of the martial law by Kārlis Ulmanis, the Legion was the only organization mentioned by name as a threat to the state. Ozols was arrested and accused of the preparation of a coup.
