SS Fortress Regiment 1 (german: SS-Festungs-Regiment 1) was an improvised unit of the

Waffen SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. The grew from th ...

formed in February 1945, during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, for service in the defence of the German city of Breslau, during the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

Siege of Breslau The siege of Breslau, also known as the Battle of Breslau, was a three-month-long siege of the city of Wrocław, Breslau in Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), lasting to the end of World War II in Europe. From 13 Feb ...

. The regiment engaged in savage house to house fighting against the invading

that lasted 82 days but surrendered at the end of the siege on 6 May 1945.

Commander

SS-Obersturmbannführer Georg-Robert Besslein

References

*Munoz, Antonio J - Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS {{SS organizations Military units and formations of the Waffen-SS Military units and formations established in 1945 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 1945 establishments in Germany 1945 disestablishments in Germany