Military District VIII (Breslau)
The military districts of the German Empire after the "Anschluss" of Austria
The Military District VIII (Breslau) was a territorial administrative unit of the Wehrmacht during the time of the Nazi Reich . It existed from 1935, when it was separated from military district III , until 1945. The military district was responsible for the military security of the area of the province of Silesia and, from 1938, of the administrative district of Aussig ( Sudetenland ) as well as the provision and training of parts of the army in this area. The headquarters were in Breslau . The military district included the replacement districts of Breslau, Liegnitz and Katowice .
Commander
The commanders of military district VIII were:
- Ewald von Kleist list – 1938
- Ernst Busch 1938–1939
- Hans Halm 1939–1942
- Rudolf Koch-Erpach , later commander of the 1942-1945 military district IX appointed
literature
- Burkhart Müller-Hillebrand : The Army 1933-1945. Mittler & Sohn, Frankfurt am Main.
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and the Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf.