From 1918 to 1938, after the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, more than three million ethnic Germans lived in the Czech part of the newly created state of Czechoslovakia See more

The first Freikorps assaults took place during the night of 17 to 18 September 1938 in the area of Aš. Other major Freikorps assaults included, inter alia:
18 September 1938 See more

Based on the successful utilization of the Freikorps' tactics against Czechoslovakia and in psychological warfare against Czechoslovak allies, the Abwehr later in September 1939 established the so-called "1st Construction Training Company for special purposes" … See more

Founding of the organization
Immediately after establishing the Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront (later Sudeten German Party, SdP) in 1933, the party started forming … See more

Formation
Czechoslovakia conducted partial mobilization in May 1938. Many young ethnic Germans did … See more

Germany
Being aware that Freikorps actions involved a large-scale criminal activity, Adolf Hitler issued a … See more