Tyrol 1809 order of battle Tyrol 1809 order of battle At the beginning of the War of the Fifth Coalition on 9 April 1809, the armies of the Austrian Empire invaded the Kingdom of Bavaria, an ally of the First French Empire, and the Kingdom of Italy, a French satellite. After Austria's defeat in the War of the Third Coalition the County of Tyrol and the Vorarlberg were ceded to Bavaria in the Fourth Peace of Pressburg on 26 December 1805. Angry at the imposition of Bavarian laws and conscription, the Tyrolese rebelled in support of Austria. During the first week, local irregular forces killed
States of the Weimar Republic occupied by the last state premier. The names of these new "Reichsgaue" were sometimes different and there were some differences in borders. The former states of Burgenland and Vorarlberg were dissolved. The "Reichsgaue" were as follows: Subsequently, additional "Reichsgaue" were added as Germany invaded more European territories before and during World War II. These included: After World War I, the Saar Basin was occupied and governed jointly by the United Kingdom and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. After a plebiscite was held in 1935, the region was returned to Germany. In accordance with the