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Heinrich was still a young teenager when World War I broke out. He recorded the evebt in his dairy. He described doing relief work and home guard training. After he cturned 17 he became eligible for military service. His father arranged for him yo be accepted for officer training. He reported for officer training with the 11th Bavarian infantry Regiment (January 1918). Coming from a comfortable, refined middle-class home, military life was a shock. The physical demands as well as rough baracks life were difficult for a spoiled yong man. He wrote his parents about travils, but hestick to it. He completed basic training, the cadet course, and finally maschine gun school (October). The war ended, however, before he was deployed to the front. He would later claim that he had led men in combat. He never did and it was a life-long disappointment for him. He was also disappointed that he could not join the much reduced Army after the War.
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