SS Standarte 'Deutschland' in Sudetenland...

German SS and Waffen-SS 1923-1945.
Post Reply
Timo
Patron
Posts: 1056
Joined: Tue Oct 08, 2002 4:32 am
Location: Former member

SS Standarte 'Deutschland' in Sudetenland...

Post by Timo »

Can somebody detail the involvement of SS Standarte 'Deutschland' in the march into the Sudetenland in October 1938?

Thanks in advance,
Timo
Former member
User avatar
tigre
Patron
Posts: 6959
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 5:42 pm
Location: Argentina

Re: SS Standarte 'Deutschland' in Sudetenland...

Post by tigre »

Hello to all :D; may be still be of interest for someone...........................

The Waffen SS in the occupation of the Sudetenland - 1938!

The unfavorable experiences during the annexation of the Eastern (Bavarian) Mark (Austria) caused that the Wehrmacht did not hurry in incorporating the Waffen SS during the occupation of the Sudetes that had been yielded to Germany by the Munich Agreement. However, at the insistence of the Reichsführer SS Himmler, the SS-Deutschland and the SS-Germania regiments followed in the footsteps of the Army units (the LAH had already been incorporated into the XIV. AK Mot). However there were protests by the army units as Himmler had instructed not to follow the directives given by the OKW (High Command of the Wehrmacht). As a compromise solution the SS-Verfügunstruppen were subordinated to the military structure and thus the SS-Deutschland was integrated into the VII. AK and the SS-Germania in the IV. AK .....................

Image
A Panzerspähzug (Recconnaissance Pl.) of the SS-Germania on the Czech border.........................

Source: Otto Weidinger - Division das Reich - 5 volumes - 1967/1982
SS-Verfügunstruppen 1939. Wydawnictwo Militaria 202.

Cheers. Raúl M 8).
Attachments
The Stubaf. Kleinheisterkampf and the Stubaf. Deutsch (SS-Sturmbann N) in dialogue with Czechoslovak officers ......................................
The Stubaf. Kleinheisterkampf and the Stubaf. Deutsch (SS-Sturmbann N) in dialogue with Czechoslovak officers ......................................
image044.jpg (39.13 KiB) Viewed 4371 times
Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada. General José de San Martín.
Post Reply