Sudeten German uprising

Sudeten German uprising
Part of the prelude to World War II

Sudeten German insurgents escorting captured Czechoslovak servicemen
Date12/13 September – October 1938
Location
Result

Uprising partially suppressed

Czechoslovak withdrawal following Munich Agreement
Belligerents

Sudeten Germans

Supported by:
Germany

 Czechoslovakia

Commanders and leaders
Konrad Henlein
Karl Hermann Frank
Anton Pfrogner
Friedrich Köchling
Wilhelm Canaris
Jan Syrový
Ludvík Krejčí
Bohuslav Fiala
Strength
Freikorps:
10–15,000 (18 September)
26,000 (22 September)
34–41,000 (1 October)
State Defence Guard:
30,000 (22 September)
Casualties and losses
Freikorps:
as of 1 October according to Köchling
52 dead,
65 wounded,
19 missing
Total:
according to Frajdl
c. 200 dead
Security forces:
95 dead:
69 in September,
26 in October;
hundreds wounded
Civilians:
unknown
Total:
as of 1 October according to Köchling
110 dead,
2,029 captured

Sudeten German uprising (Czech: sudetoněmecké povstání) in September 1938 was a rebellion of Sudeten Germans against Czechoslovak authorities in Sudetenland, supported by an organized action orchestrated by Sudeten German Party (SdP) chaired by Konrad Henlein. Therefore, the uprising is also referred to as the Henlein's coup (or coup attempt; Czech: henleinovský puč).