Would Slovaks and Sudeten Germans fight for Czechoslovakia in 1938?

Assume Czechoslovakia decides to resist Munich. Assume Germany goes to war as per Case Green. Assume France is not directly involved.

The question is whether the Czechs could reliably use their German and Slovak soldiers and officers? What is the scale of defections that we're looking at? Is it bad enough for Czechoslovak army to crumble similar to Yugoslavian army? Would the answer change depending on French or Polish support?
 

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On a practical note how far you could trust the sudeten germans depends who they think is going to win - so western and polish support is key.

Sudeten Nazi can not be trusted. Others - well if they think they and their families are going to be handed over to Germany they are unlikely to risk revenge action. If they think the area will remain Czech then they are more likely to br reliable.
 
On a practical note how far you could trust the sudeten germans depends who they think is going to win - so western and polish support is key.

Sudeten Nazi can not be trusted. Others - well if they think they and their families are going to be handed over to Germany they are unlikely to risk revenge action. If they think the area will remain Czech then they are more likely to br reliable.
Well said. There were some units - paramilitary?? of strongly anti nazi Sudeten Germans. If I remember correctly around 15 000 strong. A lot of Germans would prefer to sit it out. As to Germans drafted into army, hard to say. But there were some estimates, that most of them would just perform their duty but the other could cause a lot of troubles. Slovak (Czechoslovak) army during Uprising in Slovakia in 1944 found hard way, how it was like when Carpathian Germans were showing to German army routs through the mountains in Slovak rear.

As to Slovaks. As I said couple of times. They mobilized without problems and with patriotic zeal. On this Czech and Slovak historians pretty much agree. Also, there were not disciplinary or other problems with Slovaks in Czechoslovak army after mobilization.

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