4th SS Polizei 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-controlled Regular 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.
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[edit] 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-Brigadeführer Jürgen 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 Helmut Dörner (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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Order of battle
[edit] 1939
- Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 1
- Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2
- Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3
- Polizei-Panzerabwehr-Abteilung
- Polizei-Pionier-Battalion
- Radfahr-Kompanie
- Artillery Regiment 300
- Nachrichten-Abteilung 300
- Versorgungstruppen 300
[edit] Later
- SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 7
- SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 8
- SS-Artillerie Regiment 4
- SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 4
- SS-Panzer-Abteilung 4
- SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 4
- SS-Flak-Abteilung 4
- SS-Nachrichten-Abteilung 4
- SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 4
- SS-Pionier-Battalion 4
- SS-Dina 4
- SS-Panzer-Instandsetzungs-Abteilung 4
- SS-Wirtscharfts-Battalion 4
- SS-Sanitas-Abteilung 4
- SS-Polizei-Veterinar-Kompanie 4
- SS-Kriegsberichter-Zug 4
- SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 4
- SS-Feldersatz-Battalion 4
[edit] Manpower strength
- June 1941 17.347
- Dec 1942 13.399
- Dec 1943 16.081
- June 1944 16.139
- Dec 1944 9.000
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Huseman, Friedrich. In Good Faith: The History of 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division: Volume 1, 1939-1943. Winnipeg, Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz, 2003 ISBN 0-921991-74-6
