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2nd SS Police Regiment
The 2nd SS Police Regiment () was initially named the 2nd Police Regiment (''Polizei-Regiment 2'') when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (''Ordnungspolizei'') units for security duties in Occupied Europe. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943. Formation and organization The regiment was ordered formed in July 1942 in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Sovetsk, Kaliningrad Oblast), but the regimental headquarters and the signal company were not formed until 2 September.Tessin & Kanapin, p. 615 Police Battalion 11 (''Polizei-Batallion 11''), Police Battalion 13 and Police Battalion 22, the regiment's first through third battalions, respectively, were withdrawn from Russia to Tilsit between July and September to be reorganized and rebuilt.Arico, pp. 121, 131, 140; Tessin & Kanapin, pp. 615, 629 The regiment was reinforced with three batteries of artillery on 29 January 1943 which were consolidated into Police Artillery Battalion I (''Polizei-Geschütz Abetilung I' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Police
The ''Ordnungspolizei'' (''Orpo'', , meaning "Order Police") were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. The Orpo was absorbed into the Nazi monopoly of power after regional police jurisdiction was removed in favour of the central Nazi government ("Reich-ification", ''Verreichlichung'', of the police). In 1936, Heinrich Himmler, the commander (''Reichsführer-SS'') of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS), was appointed Chief of the German Police in the Interior Ministry. The top and upper leadership positions of the Orpo were filled by police officers who belonged to or had joined the SS. Owing to their green uniforms, Orpo members were also referred to as ''Grüne Polizei'' (Green Police). The force was established as a centralised organisation based in Berlin uniting the municipal, city, and rural uniformed police that had been previously organised on a state-by-state basis. The ''Ordnungspolizei'' encompassed virtually all of Nazi Germany's law-enforcement and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |