First Wehrmacht serviceman killed: China 1937

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First Wehrmacht serviceman killed: China 1937

Post by Peter H » 30 Mar 2005 12:53

Can someone verify that the first German Wehrmacht member killed on active service occurred in 1937 against the Japanese?

This seems to be floating on the web as a believe or not type WW2 subject.No name or details are given,but I assume that he was an adviser to the Chinese.

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Post by zstar » 30 Mar 2005 13:35

All i know is that German instructors were helping Chinese soldiers in the Battle of Shanghai and maybe have been killed by Japanese aerial bombardment of the city.

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Post by ohrdruf » 14 Apr 2005 14:45

German Wehrmacht casualties in action occurred during the Spanish civil war from 1936.

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Post by mars » 14 Apr 2005 15:23

I doubt it, Peter,it is more likely that the first German Wehrmacht member was killed in the Spanish civil war

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Post by Peter H » 15 Apr 2005 05:30

Thanks guys.

Leutnant Ekkehard Hefter was the first German fatality in Spain,the 28 September 1936,when his Heinkel crashed.

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Post by RJcccc » 18 Feb 2007 11:12

Hi,Peter,
There were no details in this discussion about that German. Where did you read about it? Perhaps it was a rumor made by Germanophiles in China.

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Post by Peter H » 18 Feb 2007 12:57

Hi R.J.

It pops up on a lot on some of those WW2 quizes you find on the net--"When and where was the first Wehrmacht serviceman killed in action?"

Of course the supposed answer of China and 1937 never supplies details of whom it was. :(

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Re: First Wehrmacht serviceman killed: China 1937

Post by Peter H » 13 Apr 2008 11:01

Said to be Leutnant von Schmeling,Battalion commander,88th Division.

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