Latvijas Kareivis (English: Latvian Soldier) was an official daily newspaper of the Latvian Army from February 1, 1920 to August 9, 1940.
It was initially published 3 times in a week, but from March 7, 1920 it was published six times in a week. At the beginning Latvijas Kareivis was 2 pages long, but later in some circulations it consisted of 32 pages. Its content consisted of various topics related to the military as official documents from Ministry of Defense and headquarters, stories about Latvian War of Independence, there also were discussed questions about politics, social life and army.
Literature
Latvijas Brīvības cīņas 1918 — 1920. Enciklopēdija. Rīga:Preses nams, 1999. ISBN9984-00-395-7
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