NAZI 4 th SSPolizei Panzer grenadier Division tank
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NAZI 4 th SSPolizei Panzer grenadier Division tank:
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4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier DivisionInsignia of the 4th SSPolizeiPanzergrenadier DivisionActive1939–1945CountryNazi GermanyAllegianceAdolf HitlerBranchWaffen Pfeffer-Wildenbruch
Alfred Wünnenberg
The4th SSPolizeiPanzergrenadier Divisionwas one of the thirty-eightdivisionsfielded as part of theWaffen-SSduringWorld War II.
The division was formed in 1939 as part of theOrdnungspolizeior Orpo (uniformed national police). While all German police organizations were controlled byReichsführer-SSHeinrich Himmlerin his capacity as Chief of German Police in the Interior Ministry, they were not at this time considered part of theSS, nor was thePolizeiDivision on par with the trueWaffen-SSDivisions. This status was reflected in the quality of the equipment they were issued[1]and their retention of police insignia and rank structure. The division was transferred to theWaffen-SSin 1942, and after a variety of splits and reunions it was eventually upgraded to aPanzergrenadierdivision, the4th SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier Division. It fought inFrance,Russia,Greece(where it orchestrated theDistomo massacre) andPomeraniaand finally surrendered to the Americans in May 1945.
The first commander wasGeneralleutnant der Polizei(Major-General)Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, a career police commander who had been a general staff officer during World War I; simultaneous with his appointment he was also commissioned as anSS-Gruppenführer. The division was equipped largely with captured Czech materiel and underwent military training in theBlack Forestcombined with spells oninternal securityduties inPoland.[1]ThePolizeiDivision was formed in October 1939, when 15,000 members of theOrdnungspolizeiwere drafted and placed together with artillery and signals units transferred from the army. These men were not enrolled in the SS and remained policemen, retaining their Orpo rank structure and insignia. Himmler\'s purpose in forming the division was twofold: in a period of heated bureaucratic infighting and competition for manpower, it permitted him to get around the recruitment caps theWehrmachthad succeeded in placing on the SS, it also provided a means for his policemen to satisfy their military obligation and avoid army conscription.[2]
The division, at this time a straight \'leg\' (infantry) formation with horse-drawn transport, was initially held in reserve withArmy Group Cin theRhinelandduring theBattle of Franceuntil 9 June when it first saw combat during the crossing of theAisne riverand theArdennesCanal.[1]The division was engaged in heavy fighting and after securing its objectives, moved to theArgonne Forest, where it came into contact with the French and fought a number of actions with their rear guard.[1]In late June 1940, the division was pulled out of combat and transferred to the reserve ofArmy Group NorthinEast Prussia.[3]
In January 1941, administrative responsibility for the division passed from the police to theSS-Führungshauptamt, the materiel and training headquarters of theWaffen-SS;[1]its personnel however, remained policemen, not members of the SS.
Eastern Front[edit]During the invasion of theSoviet Union(Operation Barbarossa), thePolizeiDivision was initially part of the reserve withArmy Group North.[1]In August 1941, the division saw action nearLuga. It was during heavy fighting for the Luga bridgehead (held by seven Soviet divisions[4]), that thePolizeiDivision lost over 2,000 soldiers including the commander,Arthur Mülverstadt, in bloody frontal assaults.[1]The fighting across swamp and forest caused a number of problems and after a series of failed attacks thePolizeiDivision, along with the help of army formations, managed to fight into the northern part of Luga, encircling and destroying the Soviet defenders in the process.[1]
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NAZI 4 th SSPolizei Panzer grenadier Division tank:
$5.99