Sudeten German uprising
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Freikorps:[1] 10–15,000 (18 September) 26,000 (22 September) 34–41,000 (1 October) | State Defence Guard: 30,000 (22 September)[2] | ||||||
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Freikorps: as of 1 October according to Köchling[3] 52 dead, 65 wounded, 19 missing Total: according to Frajdl ca. 200 dead[4] | Security forces: 95 dead: 69 in September, 26 in October; hundreds wounded[5] Civilians: unknown[Note 1] Total: as of 1 October according to Köchling[3] 110 dead, 2,029 captured[Note 2] |
Sudeten German uprising (Czech: sudetoněmecké povstání)[Note 3] in September 1938 was a successful rebellion of Sudeten Germans against Czechoslovak authorities in Sudetenland,[14] supported by an organized action orchestrated by Sudeten German Party (SdP) chaired by Konrad Henlein.[15][16] Therefore, the uprising is also referred to as the Henlein's coup (or coup attempt; Czech: henleinovský puč).[17][18]
On 10 September 1938, all district organizations of the SdP received an order from Nuremberg to start protests and provocations. On 11 September, Henlein's supporters clashed with policemen and gendarmes in Cheb, Liberec, Teplice, and other places.[19] On the evening of 12 September, Sudeten Germans listened en masse to Hitler's radio speech accusing Czechoslovakia of torturing and oppressing the German minority. This speech sparked a wave of violence against Czechs, Jews and Sudeten German anti-fascists in the borderlands.[20] On the morning of 13 September, the pre-planned armed uprising began with incidents such as the clash at Habersbirk and the first casualties being reported,[21] amounting to 37 dead as of 15 September.[22] By 14 September, the uprising was partially suppressed due to declaration of martial law, deployment of the military and reinforcement of the State Defence Guard.[9][23] Nevertheless, unrest in the border regions continued.[24]
Following the failed coup, the second phase of uprising began on 17 September with activities of Sudetendeutsches Freikorps,[25][26] a paramilitary organization of Sudeten Germans formed in Germany. Its task was to continue fighting and conducting terrorist acts.[27] According to the 1944 declaration of Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Czechoslovakia was in a state of war with the Third Reich from 17 September 1938.[28] After numerous shootouts on 20 and 21 September, the rebellion broke again on 22 September when riots flared in other areas of Moravia and Silesia.[29] In some cases, regular German units of Abwehr, SA and SS participated in combat, terrorist and sabotage actions.[30][31]
Czechoslovak authorities responded by securing the border with Germany.[32] Mobile army units reinforced by light tanks and armoured cars restored order in regions such as Cheb, Frýdlant, Šluknov, or Varnsdorf, resulting in a decline of insurgency activities. Realising what the Freikorps had done, many Sudeten Germans escaped across the border into Germany.[33] Following the stepping up of Hitler's demands, mobilization of the Czechoslovak army was carried out on 23 September. Several counter-insurgency actions had to be revoked because the military units assumed defensive positions further inland.[34]
With the signing of Munich Agreement (30 September 1938) the uprising was practically over, yet the violent incidents occurred occasionally even in October, the last one in Moravská Chrastová [cs; ce; eo; tt] on 31 October. On 30 September, combat actions of the Freikorps were formally ended by an order No. 30. Nevertheless, Henlein's supporters continued in their attacks on retreating Czechoslovaks.[35] On 1 October, Freikorps issued an order to “eliminate fleeing leftists and Czechs.”[36] More than 200,000 people, mostly Czechs but also Jews and Sudeten German anti-fascists, fled from Sudetenland in fear of the Nazis.[37]
See also
Notes
- ^ As stated by Suchánek and Beneš: "Nowadays, no one can figure up the [exact] number of killed Czechoslovak civilians."[6]
- ^ This figure includes servicemen, railwaymen, postal officers and members of their families.
- ^ The term sudetoněmecké povstání is used by these sources:[7][8][9][10] Other sources use terms such as povstání Němců v Čechách a na Moravě,[11] povstání českých Němců,[12] or povstání sudetoněmeckého obyvatelstva.[13]
References
- ^ Hruška 2013, pp. 80–81
- ^ Brabec, Martin (July–August 2010). "Ostře sledovaná hranice" [Closely Watched Border]. Válka REVUE (in Czech). Prague. ISSN 1804-0772.
- ^ a b "Zpráva Friedricha Köchlinga o jeho působení u Sudetoněmeckého Freikorpsu" [Friedrich Köchling's report on his work at Sudetendeutsches Freikorps]. Fronta.cz. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Frajdl, Jiří (2003). Stráž obrany státu při obraně republiky 1938-1939 [State Defence Guard in Defence of the Republic 1938–1939] (in Czech). Prague: Historická a dokumentační komise Klubu českého pohraničí in cooperation with Křesťanskosociální hnutí.
- ^ Šrámek 2008, p. 98
- ^ Suchánek & Beneš 2018, p. 218
- ^ Junek 2013, p. 170, 177, 181
- ^ Junek 2016, p. 151
- ^ a b "Povstání se hroutí" [The uprising collapses]. Mobilisace 1938. Extra Publishing. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Wirnitzer, Jan (30 September 2008). "Historik: Hitler před Mnichovem často váhal, jak vyzrát na Československo" [Historian: Before Munich, Hitler has often wavered how to outwit Czechoslovakia]. iDNES.cz. MAFRA. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Junek 2013
- ^ "V pohraničí vypuklo povstání českých Němců" [The uprising of the Czech Germans broke out in the borderlands]. Mobilisace 1938. Extra Publishing. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Šrámek 2008, p. 92
- ^ Junek 2013 p. 170, 181
- ^ Junek 2013 p. 181
- ^ Hruška 2013 p. 16
- ^ Straka, Karel (7 October 2013). "Byl henleinovský pokus o puč v září 1938 očekáván?" [Was the Henlein's attempted coup in September 1938 a surprise?]. army.cz (in Czech). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ Bružeňák & Macke Vol. 1, p. 342
- ^ Hruška 2013 p. 14
- ^ Hruška 2013 p. 15
- ^ Bružeňák & Macke Vol. 1, p. 64
- ^ Bružeňák & Macke Vol. 1, p. 65
- ^ Junek 2013 p. 170
- ^ Motl 2015, p. 153
- ^ Junek 2013, p. 177
- ^ Šrámek 2008, p. 92
- ^ Bružeňák & Macke Vol. 1, p. 66
- ^ Hruška 2013 p. 103
- ^ Šrámek 2008, p. 92
- ^ Hruška 2013, p. 98
- ^ Junek 2013, p. 183, 188, 194
- ^ Brabec, Martin (September 2010). "Nevyhlášená válka o pohraničí" [Undeclared Border War]. Válka REVUE (in Czech). Prague. ISSN 1804-0772.
- ^ Junek 2016, p. 154
- ^ Šrámek 2008, pp. 92–93
- ^ Hruška 2013, pp. 81–82
- ^ Motl 2015, p. 147
- ^ Suchánek & Beneš 2018, p. 50
Sources
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- Bružeňák, Vladimír; Macke, Josef (2017). Morový rok : kronika tragického roku 1938 na Sokolovsku a Karlovarsku - 2. díl - Karlovarsko [Plague Year: a chronicle of the tragic year of 1938 in Sokolov and Carlsbad regions - Volume 2 - Carlsbad Region] (in Czech). Cheb: Svět křídel. ISBN 978-80-7573-025-1.
- Hruška, Emil (2013). Boj o pohraničí : Sudetoněmecký Freikorps v roce 1938 [Conflict in Borderlands: Sudetendeutsches Freikorps in 1938] (in Czech). Prague: Nakladatelství Epocha a Pražská vydavatelská společnost. ISBN 978-80-7425-194-8.
- Junek, Václav (2013). Hitler před branami : literární dokument o povstání Němců v Čechách a na Moravě v roce 1938 a o cestě k němu [Hitler at the Gates: literary documentary about the uprising of the Germans in Bohemia and Moravia in 1938 and the path to it] (in Czech). Velké Přílepy: Olympia. ISBN 978-80-7376-349-7.
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- Suchánek, Jiří; Beneš, Jaroslav (2018). Mobilizace ve fotografii : Armáda a Stráž obrany státu v letech 1938–1939 [Mobilization in Photography: Army and the State Defence Guard 1938–1939] (in Czech). Brno: Extra Publishing. ISBN 978-80-7525-159-6.
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