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1st SS Police Regiment
The 1st SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 1) was initially named the 1st Police Regiment (''Polizei-Regiment 1'') when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (''Ordnungspolizei'') units for security duties in Occupied Europe. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943. Later that year it was disbanded and its battalions were reassigned to other SS Police units. The regiment was reformed in late 1944 in Hungary, but was absorbed by 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division (''35. SS und Polizei Grenadier Division'') in early 1945. Formation and organization The regimental headquarters was formed in July 1942 in BerlinTessin & Kanapin, p. 615 and was subordinated to the ''Polizei Abschnitt Spree'' which was the police command for all SS-police units in and around the Berlin capitol area. The regiment comprised three police battalions as well as a signals and headquarters unit. A police tank company was planned, but never formed. Police Battalion 2 (''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schutzstaffel
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the ''Saal-Schutz'' ("Hall Security") made up of party volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–1945) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organizations in Nazi Germany. From the time of the Nazi Party's rise to power until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the ''Allgemeine SS'' (General SS) and '' Waffen-SS'' (Armed SS). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS And Police Grenadier Regiment 89
SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to: Places *Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code) *South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS) *SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea * San Sebastián, Spanish city Arts, entertainment, and media *SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells pseudonym for story ''A Vision of the Past'' *SS, the production code for the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' *''Sesame Street'', American kids' TV show Language *Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature * switch-reference in linguistics *''Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin *Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss") Scienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th SS Police Regiment
The 6th SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 6) was initially named the 6th Police Regiment (''Polizei-Regiment 6'') when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (''Ordnungspolizei'') units for security duties on the Eastern Front. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943. Formation and organization The regiment was ordered formed in July 1942 in Russia, but the regimental headquarters was not formed until 2 September.Tessin & Kanapin, p. 618 Police Battalion 82 (''Polizei-Batallion 82''), Police Battalion 311 and Police Battalion 318 were redesignated as the regiment's first through third battalions, respectively.Arico, pp. 256, 436, 467 All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943.Tessin & Kannapin, p. 557 The regimental headquarters was destroyed in January 1943 and its remnants were withdrawn to Adlershorst, (now Rusko, Poland), where they may have been used to form the headquarters of the 24th SS Police R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st SS Police Regiment
The 21st SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 21) was initially named Police Regiment Moravia (''Polizei-Regiment Mähren'') when it was formed in 1939 after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia from existing Order Police (''Ordnungspolizei'') units for security duties in Moravia. It was redesignated as the 21st Police Regiment in mid-1942 before it received the SS title in early 1943. Formation and organization Police Regiment Moravia was created shortly after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Assigned were four battalions numbered I through IV, although they were renumbered in the 200 series in October. Some of these were transferred elsewhere and only partially replaced so that the regiment had three battalions in early 1941, Police Battalions (''Polizei-Batallion'') 84, 315, and 318. All of these units were transferred to Russia after Operation Barbarossa in June and were gradually replaced by various newly formed companies under the command of Res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th SS Police Regiment
The 20th SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 20) was initially named Police Regiment Bohemia (''Polizei-Regiment Böhmen'') when it was formed in 1939 after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia from existing Order Police (''Ordnungspolizei'') units for security duties in Bohemia. It was redesignated as the 20th Police Regiment in mid-1942 before it received the SS title in early 1943. Formation and organization Police Regiment Bohemia was created shortly after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. Assigned were six battalions numbered I through VI, although they were renumbered in the 200 series in October. Some of these were transferred elsewhere and only partially replaced so that the regiment had five battalions in early 1941, Police Battalions (''Polizei-Batallion'') 32, 316, 317, 319, and 320 __NOTOC__ Year 320 (Roman numerals, CCCXX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th SS Police Regiment
The 12th SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 3) was initially named the 12th Police Regiment (''12. SS-Polizei-Regiment'') when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police units (''Ordnungspolizei'') in Germany. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943. The regimental headquarters was disbanded in early 1944, but its battalions remained in service. Formation and organization The regiment was formed in July 1942 in Hamburg as the 12th Police Regiment. Police Battalion 103 (''Polizei-Batallion 103''), Police Battalion 104 and Police Battalion 105 were redesignated as the regiment's first through third battalions, respectively.Arico, pp. 297, 300, 306; Tessin & Kanapin, p. 620 All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943. The regiment's third battalion was redesignated as the third battalion of the 3rd SS Police Regiment in 1943 and was reformed. In April, I battalion was reformed into a SS Police Infantry Battalio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th SS Police Regiment
The 14th SS Police Regiment (german: SS-Polizei-Regiment 14) was initially named the 14th Police Regiment (''Polizei-Regiment 14'') when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police units (''Ordnungspolizei'') for security duties on the Eastern Front. The regiment was destroyed in January 1943 and the survivors were used to rebuild it in Southern France several months later. The second incarnation was formed from existing police units. It was given an honorary SS title. Shortly before the end of the war, the regiment was absorbed into the 3rd SS Police and Infantry Regiment (''SS-Police und Infanterie Regiment 3'') of the 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division. Formation and organization The regiment was ordered formed in July 1942 in Central Russia from Police Battalion 51 (''Polizei-Batallion 51''), Police Battalion 122 and Police Battalion 63 which were redesignated as the regiment's first through third battalions, respectively. Lieutenant Colonel (''Oberstleutenant'') A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseilles
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Army Group North
Army Group North (german: Heeresgruppe Nord) was a German strategic formation, commanding a grouping of field armies during World War II. The German Army Group was subordinated to the '' Oberkommando des Heeres'' (OKH), the German army high command, and coordinated the operations of attached separate army corps, reserve formations, rear services and logistics, including the Army Group North Rear Area. Operational history The Army Group North was created on the 2 September 1939 by reorganization of the 2nd Army Headquarters. Commander in Chief as of 27 August 1939 was Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. Invasion of Poland The first employment of Army Group North was in the invasion of Poland of 1939, where in September it controlled: * 3rd Army * 4th Army * a reserve of four divisions ** 10th Panzer Division ** 73rd Infantry Division ** 206th Infantry Division ** 208th Infantry Division. The Army Group was commanded by Fedor von Bock for the operation. After the end o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
