Správa nemeckého generála pri slovenskom MNO genpor. Fritza Schliepera z 27. novembra 1943

Report of the German General at the Slovak Ministry of National Defence, gen. Fritz Schlieper of November 21th, 1943.

Autor: CSÉFALVAY František – TULKISOVÁ Jana

CSÉFALVAY, František – TULKISOVÁ, Jana: Správa nemeckého generála pri slovenskom MNO genpor. Fritza Schliepera z 27. novembra 1943

CSÉFALVAY, František – TULKISOVÁ, Jana: Report of the German General at the Slovak Ministry of National Defence, gen. Fritz Schlieper of November 21th, 1943.

Vojenská história, 4, 17, 2013, pp. 112-123.

The document is organically linked to the document on the reasons of failure of the 1st Infantry Division in the late October 1943 published in Military History, year 11 (2007) No. 1 and No. 2. The study confirms that in the period in question, the 1st Infantry Division was undergoing an internal crisis, which has ultimately qualified gen. F. Schlieper to state that in the given time, “it is not combat ready at all”, and in terms of combat use it is only suitable for support tasks without contact with the enemy and in the future, it would be useful to reorganize it into a “construction section”. Compared to the idealizing assessment of the Slovak divisions (especially the Fast Troop — after reorganization from the 1st Infantry Division in the half of 1943) prevailing in the works published in recent years about the campaign of the Slovak Army on the Eastern front, the document published in Vojenská história in 2007 as well as the current document enable to create a more objective picture of the Slovak troops’ participation in the war against Soviet Union.

Keywords: Military History. Slovakia. World War II. Fritz Schlieper. Slovak Army. Eastern Front. 1943.

 

Ročník: 17 | Číslo: 4/2013 | Stránky: 112-123