Troppau

Opava German: Troppau, Polish: Opawa) is a city in the northern Czech Republic on the river Opava, located to the north-west of Ostrava. The historical capital of Czech Silesia, Opava is now in the Moravian-Silesian Region.

Troppau in The War That Came Early
The City of Troppau was the sight of the first battle of World War II, when war broke out in 1938. The German Army launched an offensive aimed at the town with Panzer’s, backed up with air power. The German's also used radio to communicate with their forces while the Czech's did not. This allowed the Wehrmacht to concentrate their troops where they needed them the most and in force. Overwhelmed, they were driven from their fortifications and driven back into the town, and then out of it.

Czech soldier Vaclav Jezek was stationed here. He also believed that the Czech Army was hindered by the desertion of Slovak soldiers after a slovak he shared his trench with suspiciously dissapered after the shooting started.