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4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division

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The SS Polizei Division was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II.

The division was formed in 1939 as part of the SS Police, and was transferred to the Waffen-SS in 1942. After a variety of splits and reunions it was eventually upgraded to a Panzergrenadier division, the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division. It surrendered to the Americans at the end of the war.

Commanders

  • Generalleutnant der Polizei Konrad Hitschler (1 Sep 1940 - 8 Sep 1940)
  • SS-Obergruppenführer Karl von Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (8 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940)
  • SS-Gruppenführer Arthur Mülverstadt (10 Nov 1940 - 8 Aug 1941)
  • SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger (8 Aug 1941 - 15 Dec 1941)
  • Generaloberst der Polizei Alfred Wünnenberg (15 Dec 1941 - 17 Apr 1943)
  • SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag (17 Apr 1943 - 1 June 1943)
  • SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes (1 June 1943 - 18 Aug 1943)
  • SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag (18 Aug 1943 - 20 Oct 1943)
  • SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (20 Oct 1943 - 19 Apr 1944)
  • SS-BrigadeführerJürgen Wagner (19 Apr 1944 - ? May 1944)
  • SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (? May 1944 - 7 May 1944)
  • SS-Brigadeführer Hebert-Ernst Vahl (7 May 1944 - 22 July 1944)
  • SS-Standartenführer Karl Schümers (22 July 1944 - 16 Aug 1944)
  • SS-Oberführer Helmuth Dörnder (16 Aug 1944 - 22 Aug 1944)
  • SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes (22 Aug 1944 - 27 Nov 1944)
  • SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer (27 Nov 1944 - 1 Mar 1945)
  • SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler (1 Mar 1945 - ? Mar 1945)
  • SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer (? Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945)

Area of operations

  • Germany (Sep 1939 - May 1940)
  • Luxemburg, Belgium & France (May 1940 - June 1941)
  • Eastern front, northern sector (June 1941 - May 1943)
  • Czechoslovakia & Poland (May 1943 - Jan 1944)
  • Greece (Jan 1944 - Sep 1944)
  • Yugoslavia & Romania (Sep 1944 - Oct 1944)
  • Hungary (Oct 1944 - Dec 1944)
  • Czechoslovaka & Eastern Germany (Dec 1944 - May 1945)

Order of battle

1939

  • Police Infantry Regiment 1
  • Police Infantry Regiment 2
  • Police Infantry Regiment 3
  • Polizei-Panzerabwehr-Abteilung
  • Police Pioneer Battalion
  • Radfahr-Kompanie
  • Artillery Regiment 300
  • Nachrichten-Abteilung 300
  • Versorgungstruppen 300
File:Cuff-wss-polizei2.jpg
SS-Polizei-Division" cuff title 1 Dec 1942

Later

  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 7
  • SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 8
  • SS-Artillerie Regiment 4
  • SS-Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 4
  • SS-Panzer-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Panzer-jager-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Flak-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Panzer-Aufklarungs-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Pionier-Batallion 4
  • SS-Dina 4
  • SS-Panzer-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Wirtscharfts-Batallion 4
  • SS-Sanitas-Abteilung 4
  • SS-Polizei-Veterinar-Kompanie 4
  • SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 4
  • SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 4
  • SS-Feldersatz-Battillon 4

Manpower strength

  • June 1941 17.347
  • Dec 1942 13.399
  • Dec 1943 16.081
  • June 1944 16.139
  • Dec 1944 9.000

See also

References


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