30:
158:
and Police
Regiment Kraków provided some of these. They were partially replaced by worn-out units returning from the occupied Soviet Union. When the regiment was redesignated on 9 July 1942 as the 23rd Police Regiment, its I Battalion came from
147:. By April 1940 the regiment had only two battalions under command as they rotated in and out, but its strength had increased to three battalions by June and then to four battalions by October.
282:
167:
scattered throughout occupied Poland, although their headquarters companies were not formed until 23 January 1943. In early 1943, I Battalion was redesignated as III Battalion of the
337:
171:
and was replaced by a newly formed unit. All of the police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February. The III Battalion helped suppress the
144:
140:
261:
220:
115:) units for security duties there. It was redesignated as the 23rd Police Regiment in mid-1942 before it received the
234:
175:
of April–May 1943. II Battalion was disbanded in
November 1944 and the rest of the regiment followed in March 1945.
485:
580:
254:
575:
550:
352:
297:
227:
Waffen-SS under
Ordnungspolizei im Kriegseinsatz 1939–1945: Ein Überlick anhand der Feldpostübersicht
292:
247:
128:
545:
540:
535:
530:
520:
515:
510:
490:
480:
475:
470:
465:
460:
455:
450:
445:
362:
357:
347:
332:
327:
317:
312:
287:
168:
425:
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
385:
302:
172:
342:
322:
160:
155:
151:
8:
164:
104:
230:
216:
127:
Police
Regiment Kraków was formed on 4 November 1939. Under its control were three
239:
92:
569:
190:
Arico, pp. 81, 188, 191, 271, 309, 441–42; Tessin & Kanapin, pp. 536, 554
46:
108:
35:
75:
65:
163:, while II and III Battalions were formed from independent police
154:, in June 1941 created a need for rear-area security units in
213:
Ordnungspolizei: Encyclopedia of the German Police
Battalions
116:
103:) when it was formed in late 1939 after the German
269:
199:Arico, p. 411; Tessin & Kanapin, pp. 557, 625
567:
99:) was initially named Police Regiment Kraków (
255:
122:
229:, Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag (2000).
262:
248:
215:, Stockholm: Leandoer and Ekholm (2010).
378:
225:Tessin, Georg & Kannapin, Norbert.
568:
363:Police Regiment for Special Employment
243:
276:Named Police and SS Police Regiments
283:SS Police Regiment Alpine Foothills
13:
150:The invasion of the Soviet Union,
14:
592:
486:18th SS Mountain Police Regiment
135:) as well as Police Battalions (
28:
270:Police and SS Police Regiments
193:
184:
1:
338:SS Police Regiment Schlanders
205:
551:28th SS Police Regiment Todt
372:Numbered SS Police Regiments
348:Police Regiment South Norway
328:Police Regiment North Norway
7:
10:
597:
288:SS Police Regiment Bohemia
123:Formation and organization
503:
438:
371:
298:SS Police Regiment Brixen
275:
71:
61:
53:
41:
23:
18:
293:SS Police Regiment Bozen
178:
318:Police Regiment Moravia
169:24th SS Police Regiment
101:Polizei-Regiment Krakau
89:23rd SS Police Regiment
19:23rd SS Police Regiment
581:Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
358:Police Regiment Warsaw
313:Police Regiment Lublin
308:Police Regiment Krakow
303:Police Regiment Centre
173:Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
97:SS-Polizei-Regiment 23
96:
343:Police Regiment South
333:Police Regiment Radom
323:Police Regiment North
156:Army Group Rear Areas
131:from Police Group 1 (
119:title in early 1943.
353:Police Regiment Todt
161:Police Battalion 307
152:Operation Barbarossa
576:SS and Police units
105:invasion of Poland
563:
562:
559:
558:
499:
498:
434:
433:
221:978-91-85657-99-5
137:Polizei-Batallion
82:
81:
588:
501:
500:
436:
435:
376:
375:
264:
257:
250:
241:
240:
211:Arico, Massimo.
200:
197:
191:
188:
34:
32:
31:
16:
15:
596:
595:
591:
590:
589:
587:
586:
585:
566:
565:
564:
555:
495:
430:
367:
271:
268:
208:
203:
198:
194:
189:
185:
181:
133:Polizeigruppe 1
125:
113:Ordnungspolizei
85:
29:
27:
12:
11:
5:
594:
584:
583:
578:
561:
560:
557:
556:
554:
553:
548:
543:
538:
533:
528:
523:
518:
513:
507:
505:
497:
496:
494:
493:
488:
483:
478:
473:
468:
463:
458:
453:
448:
442:
440:
432:
431:
429:
428:
423:
418:
413:
408:
403:
398:
393:
388:
382:
380:
373:
369:
368:
366:
365:
360:
355:
350:
345:
340:
335:
330:
325:
320:
315:
310:
305:
300:
295:
290:
285:
279:
277:
273:
272:
267:
266:
259:
252:
244:
238:
237:
223:
207:
204:
202:
201:
192:
182:
180:
177:
124:
121:
107:from existing
83:
80:
79:
73:
69:
68:
63:
59:
58:
55:
51:
50:
43:
39:
38:
25:
21:
20:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
593:
582:
579:
577:
574:
573:
571:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
527:
524:
522:
519:
517:
514:
512:
509:
508:
506:
502:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
477:
474:
472:
469:
467:
464:
462:
459:
457:
454:
452:
449:
447:
444:
443:
441:
437:
427:
424:
422:
419:
417:
414:
412:
409:
407:
404:
402:
399:
397:
394:
392:
389:
387:
384:
383:
381:
377:
374:
370:
364:
361:
359:
356:
354:
351:
349:
346:
344:
341:
339:
336:
334:
331:
329:
326:
324:
321:
319:
316:
314:
311:
309:
306:
304:
301:
299:
296:
294:
291:
289:
286:
284:
281:
280:
278:
274:
265:
260:
258:
253:
251:
246:
245:
242:
236:
235:3-7648-2471-9
232:
228:
224:
222:
218:
214:
210:
209:
196:
187:
183:
176:
174:
170:
166:
162:
157:
153:
148:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
120:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
84:Military unit
77:
74:
70:
67:
64:
60:
56:
52:
49:
48:
47:Schutzstaffel
44:
40:
37:
26:
22:
17:
525:
307:
226:
212:
195:
186:
149:
136:
132:
126:
112:
109:Order Police
100:
88:
86:
45:
36:Nazi Germany
504:20th – 29th
439:10th – 19th
72:Garrison/HQ
570:Categories
206:References
129:battalions
379:1st – 9th
165:companies
76:Wehrkreis
66:Regiment
57:Security
24:Country
233:
219:
93:German
42:Branch
33:
179:Notes
546:27th
541:26th
536:25th
531:24th
526:23rd
521:22nd
516:21st
511:20th
491:19th
481:17th
476:16th
471:15th
466:14th
461:13th
456:12th
451:11th
446:10th
231:ISBN
217:ISBN
143:and
87:The
78:VIII
62:Size
54:Type
426:9th
421:8th
416:7th
411:6th
406:5th
401:4th
396:3rd
391:2nd
386:1st
145:106
572::
139:)
117:SS
95::
263:e
256:t
249:v
141:5
111:(
91:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.