"In 1938, the 1,500,000-strong Czechoslovak Army was among the largest in Europe, and fairly well-equipped with modern weapons, including locally produced tanks and aircraft.
On November 1st 1938, German troops entered the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia, occupying the entire region with almost no resistance from the Czech forces – only 3rd Battalion of the 8th Border Regiment briefly resisted advancing German troops before being ordered to lay down their weapons by the Czech High Command.
In rapid succession, the Sudetenland was formally ceded to Germany. As had been decided in Munich, a third of Slovakia was ceded to Hungary and Poland occupied the Zaolizie region. Slovakia declared independence under a fascist government, and Ruthenia (part of modern Ukraine) tried to do the same, but was promptly invaded and annexed by Hungary.
The Czechoslovak Armed Forces had been fully mobilised since late September that year, and counted a total of 20 infantry divisions (each with three infantry brigades and one or two artillery regiments), two motorised divisions, and four armoured cavalry divisions, each with one tank and one cavalry brigade (modelled on the "fast divisions" used in the French army at the time. In addition there were a total of 138 battalions manning border fortresses along the borders, split into 12 border sections and seven "defensive regional groups" responsible for securing lines-of-communication behind the border fortresses. A formidable force, on paper…"
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