The Life of a Draftee, 1937-1938/draftee-22

The Life of a Draftee, 1937-1938

draftee-22.jpg - The album then jumps forward to a set of pages marked " Germany frees the Sudetenland". Hitler pressured the western countries that he could not allow the Czech government to "persecute" ethnic Germans who lived within the border areas inside of Czechoslovakia. His solution was to bloodlessly occupy the area and in doing so, annex one 1/3rd of this southern neighbor in early October 1938. The 2 Panzer Division and K2 participated in the event with soldier Olbrun luckily having a front row seat. This image was captioned, "Shortly after 12.00 hrs. Division Commander Lieutenant General Veiel.".

The album then jumps forward to a set of pages marked " Germany frees the Sudetenland". Hitler pressured the western countries that he could not allow the Czech government to "persecute" ethnic Germans who lived within the border areas inside of Czechoslovakia. His solution was to bloodlessly occupy the area and in doing so, annex one 1/3rd of this southern neighbor in early October 1938. The 2 Panzer Division and K2 participated in the event with soldier Olbrun luckily having a front row seat. This image was captioned, "Shortly after 12.00 hrs. Division Commander Lieutenant General Veiel.".

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