Military District XVIII (Salzburg)

The military districts of the German Empire after the "Anschluss of Austria"

Map of the military district XVIII

The Military District XVIII (Salzburg) was after the so-called Anschluss formed in 1938 territorial administrative unit of the Wehrmacht in the Nazi Reich and existed until 1945. The military district was responsible for military security of Salzburg , Tyrol and Styria , and later still the CdZ -type regions Lower Styria and Carinthia and Carniola , as well as the provision and training of parts of the army in this area. The military district included the two replacement districts of Graz and Innsbruck . The headquarters were in Salzburg .

Commander

The commanders of Wehrkreis XVIII were:

• Eugen Beyer April 1938– August 1939
• Hubert Schaller-Kalide August 1939– January 1943
• Friedrich Materna February 1943– December 1943
• Franz Böhme December 1943– June 1944
• Julius Ringel June 1944– May 1945
• Kurt Versock May 1945 until the end of the war

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.