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21st SS Police Regiment
The 21st SS Police Regiment () 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'') Police Battalion 84, 84, Police Battalion 315, 315, and Police Battalion 318, 318. All of these units were transferred to Russia after Operation Barbarossa in June and were gradually replaced by various newly formed c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schutzstaffel
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (; ; SS; also stylised with SS runes as ''ᛋᛋ'') was a major paramilitary organisation 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 organisations 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, mass surveillance, and state terrorism within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the '' Allgemeine SS'' (General SS) and ''Waffen-SS'' (Armed SS). The ''Allgemeine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
