German Civil War Part 4: The Fighting Begins
Within a matter of days following the SA attack on the Reichs Chancellery, Germany was plunged into a Civil War as the SA, the Reichswehr forces (whom were loyal to the Hitler Government), the Hamburg Anarchists, Monarchist, and Communist forces all took up arms and started fighting each other.
Members of the Sturmabteilung, who were the main soldiers of the Rohm-Strasserist Forces, preparing to execute Government Officials in Konigsberg, circa 1934.
Sturmabteilung footsoldiers in old Reichswehr uniforms photographed outside of Munich, circa 1934.
Reichswehr Artillery Troops bombarding Brownshirt positions in Brandenburg near the Oder River.
Communist Revolutionaries in Essen following a successful takeover of the city by their forces.
Almost immediately, the Communist Faction would get recognized by the Soviet Union, whom would send guns, vehicles, and military advisers to the German Communists in the Rhineland Region, here is one of the T-26 Model 1933 Light Tanks that the USSR sent to Germany, which in turn got captured by SA forces in the Hesse Region in mid-1934.
Monarchist Revolutionaries in the German city of Stuttgart, in which the quickly took complete control of the city along with certain parts of the country.
Reichswehr troops preparing to defend their positions from Communist Attack in Northwestern Germany, circa 1934.
Hamburg Anarchists defending their positions against an SA counter-attack in the streets of Hamburg.
When the war began, most of the German Navy would remain loyal to the central Government, which the Reichsmarine would play a role of subduing Rohmist forces in the Northwestern Coastal Regions of Germany and would mainly be based at Wilhelmshaven as their other bases would be overtake by the SA forces. Here, the Schleisen and Schleswig-Holstein Pre-Dreadnoughts are sailing towards Hamburg to bombard both SA and Anarchist troops in that general region.
A Reichswehr Machine Gun crew advancing in Southern Germany during the initial offensive against the Rohm Government and it's forces, which the Reichswehr would cause a few defeats to their opponents forces.
By the close of 1934, the Reichswehr would cause a few defeats to their enemies in Berlin, Thuringia, Saxony, Upper Silesia, and in Rostock. However, they would be defeated in East Prussia and in the Hamburg region to both SA and Anarchist forces. The Monarchists would lose their forces in East Prussia and Saxony, but would hold their positions in Bavaria and in Baden-Wurttemburg. The Anarchists would hold on to their city from repeated SA and Reichswehr attacks. The Communists would lose some ground to both the SA and Reichswehr, but at the same time, would inflict some defeats onto the SA forces.
