Clash at Habersbirk | |||||||
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Part of Sudeten German uprising | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jan Koukol † Jan Pardus |
Otto Plass † Franz Schul Johan Burkl | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4 gendarmes (initially), later reinforced by 11 more | Dozens of irregulars | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
4 dead | 4 dead | ||||||
Location within Czechoslovakia |
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The Clash at Habersbirk (Czech: Habartov) was the first armed confrontation between the Czechoslovak gendarmerie and the Sudeten Germans. It is sometimes marked as the first battle of the Second World War.[1]