Die Werwölfe

**The Werewolves** or known via its various names as **Organisation of Reich Fighters** (German: *Organisation der Reichskämpfe*r), **German** **Freedom Front** (*Deutsche Freiheitsfront*), **National Revolutionary Underground** (*Nationaler revolutionärer Untergrund*), **Free Corps Germany** *(Freikorps Deutschland)* is an underground anti-socialist guerrilla network established in 1945 following the dire situation of the war on the western front. In 1941 OHL ordered for the construction of a series of bunkers and fortress as a redoubt in the German parts bordering the Alps and surrounding areas and to be garrisoned by a stay-behind forces dubbed the **Werewolves** or **Kommando-Gruppe W** (*Command Group W*). It was granted approval when the Elbe defense was breached in the northern section. Major General Reinhard Gehlen was charged with its organisation. The situation became less dire when the Secret Dossier was signed with Russia saving the entire Prussian territory. The organisation regardless countinue to work in the overran western part of the Empire with the new task of forming a military resistance to the occupying power and resist at all cost any attempt by the Free Germany Legion to exercise its authority. A large number of its cells and command structures are located in Austria in the friendly territory of the *Ständestaat* or the nominal neutral Switzerland although in recent years since the New Order had been implemented, its activites were quieted in Switzerland and moved to Germany proper along with the expatriation of refugees and the general disorder in the occupation zones nearing reunification.

## Structure

The organisation is believed to be headed by a certain Military-Political Command located somewhere in the Bavarian Forest or the Black Forest, its exactly nature is yet discovered whether it was one command structure subordinating other or two separated ones, while believed to still functions nominally responsible to the OHL reestablished in Königsberg, the Kingdom of Prussia - the report dated December 23, 1947 asserted that the link is extremely fragile and its more likely that the Werewolves have became fully autonomous. From information obtained via interrogations in 1947 by the Bureau in 52 repatriated identified members of the Werewolves from Switzerland, the last known commander of the Werewolves was identified to be still Reinhard Gehlen.

## Activities

### June 12th 1945, failed sniper assassination on General René Guisco.

General Guisco was travelling to from his rear HQ in the outskirt of Heidelberg to the divisional HQ of the 1st Proletarian Amoured Division. Around 2:45 PM his car and escort was under fire from a camouflaged position and that disabled the General's car. The soldiers quickly returned fire and after 20 minutes, the attackers either destroyed or retreated leaving being an Tankgewehr 39 anti-tank rifle modified for precision firing and 4 dead bodies. This is the first recorded discovery of the Werewolves.

### July 14th, 1946, bombing of the Special Gendarmerie office in Nuremberg.

A car bomb detonated in front of the building killing 2 and wounded 9 bystanders and wounded another 12 French officers working inside. The assilant was shot trying to escape 3 hours later in the outskirt of the city. Documents obtained in 1947 confirmed the Werewolves involvement.

### October 2nd, 1946,

Mortar attack on the office of the Free German Army barrack in Munich, killing commandant of the 1st Free German Division, Brigade General Hans Beimer. Attackers left behind equipment and escaped.

### New Year Bombing of 1947

During a new year reception at the Headquarter of the French Occupation Zone. A car bomb was detonated at 1AM after the party started to end. Killing 4 french and free german officers and wounded another 25 including Governor at the time, General Pierre Georges.

### Battle of Itter Castle

The largest post-war incident up to date, a Werewolf courier were captured along the North Tyrol-Bavaria border by a French patrol, valuable documents pinpointing the existent of a large contigent of Werewolves militants and one of its command structure was indicated to be in Itter Castle in a small village of the same name. Morning of October 12, 1947. a large contingent of 200 National Guards, reinforced by 6th Company, 1st Cherbourg Regime of Tanks named after Jean Lamarque, a company of Free Germans and supported by 2 aircraft. The exactly number of the Werewolves defending the castle was unknown but according to on-site reports and counted weapons and bodies, the total number would be placed around 42-80 Werewolves