SS Fortress Regiment 1

SS Fortress Regiment 1
Active	1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Size	Regiment
Engagements	World War II Siege of Breslau
Commanders
Notable commanders	Georg-Robert Besslein

SS Fortress Regiment 1 was an improvised unit of the Waffen SS formed in February 1945, during World War II, for service in the defence of Breslau, during the Red Army's Siege of Breslau. The regiment proved to be an excellent unit in the savage house to house fighting that lasted 82 days but surrendered at the end of the siege on 6 May 1945.

Commander

Obersturmbannführer Georg-Robert Besslein

Knight's Cross recipients

• Obersturmbannführer Georg-Robert Besslein
• Obersturmführer Alfred Roge
• Unterscharführer Rudolf Grünner
• Untersturmführer Franz Budka

Order of battle

• Regimental HQ Company

• I.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 1st Company
  • 2nd Company
  • 3rd Company
  • 4th Company
  • Anti tank Company (150mm)

• II.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 5th Company
  • 6th Company
  • 7th Company
  • 8th Company
  • Anti tank Company (75mm)

• III.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 9th Company
  • 10th Company
  • 11th Company
  • 12th Company
  • Anti tank Company (75mm)

• IV.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 13th Company
  • 14th Company
  • 15th Company
  • Mortar Company (120mm)
  • Lehr Company
  • Signals Platoon

• Regimental Artillery
  • 1st Battery (88mm Flak)
  • 2nd Battery (88mm Flak)
  • 3rd Battery (75mm guns)
  • 4th Battery (75mm guns)
  • 5th Battery (75mm guns) ^[1]

References

• Munoz, Antonio J - Forgotten Legions: Obscure Combat Formations of the Waffen-SS

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