Clash at Habersbirk

Clash at Habersbirk
Part of Sudeten German uprising
Date 13 September 1938 Location Habartov, Czechoslovakia 50°11′0″N 12°33′1″E / 50.18333°N 12.55028°E / 50.18333; 12.55028 Result Czechoslovak victory
Belligerents
Czechoslovakia	SdP sympathisers Freikorps
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
class=notpageimage| 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]