Weimar politics and Lugers

[Ron Smith]

Another excellent book on this subject is "The Reichswehr and the German Republic 1919-1926" by Harold Gordon published by Princeton University Press. It is out of print, but comes up on Amazon, Idsa Books, ebay, etc. once in a while.

It goes into great chronological detail on the relationships between the Military, Police, Freikorps Units, Anarchist and Communist movements of the period, bringing it into perspective. It also has an Appendix listing nearly of the Freikorps units, and their transition / consolidation to the Reichswehr.


"In 1917 he was to become a central figure in the German plan to persuade Mexico to attack the United States. In exchange for Mexican help Germany offered to return to Mexico their "lost territories" of Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, once the US was defeated."

Norm,

I would assume that Mexico's reply was something to the effect of: "Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt... Thanks anyway!"

Ron