On 19 June 1933, the government of Engelbert Dollfuss banned the Nazi Party in Austria. About 10,000 Nazis fled from arrest to Bavaria,[2] where Habicht organized them into the Austrian Legion,[1] based at Dachau.[3] Joined by more emigres following the failed 1934 July Putsch,[2] they soon numbered over 15,000.[1] In Bavaria, the expatriates received military training from the Sturmabteilung (SA), Schutzstaffel (SS), and German Army and police.