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 (German: SS-Festungs-Regiment 1) was an improvised unit of the Waffen SS formed in February 1945, during World War II, for service in the defence of the German city 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 against the invading Bolsheviks that lasted 82 days but surrendered at the end of the siege on 6 May 1945.

Commander

SS-Obersturmbannführer Georg-Robert Besslein

Knight's Cross recipients

References

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

Waffen-SS Brigades

Panzer	SS Panzer Brigade Gross SS Brigade Westfalen SS Panzer Brigade 150

Panzergrenadier	SS Brigade Schuldt 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51

Sturmbrigade	5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS 8th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A.

Cavalry	SS Cavalry Brigade

Infantry	1 SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS (Italian No. 1) Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS Charlemagne (French No 1)

Police	Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling

Waffen-SS divisions

Panzer	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend SS Heavy Panzer Battalions

Panzergrenadier	11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland

Mountain	6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger

Cavalry	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division

Infantry	14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen

Police	4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division

Deception Divisions	26th SS Panzer Division 27th SS Panzer Division

Lists	Divisional commanders Divisions

Category

Schutzstaffel (SS)

Branches	Allgemeine SS Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) Waffen-SS

Leadership	Reichsführer-SS SS and Police Leader SS personnel SS commands

Leaders	Julius Schreck Joseph Berchtold Erhard Heiden Heinrich Himmler Karl Hanke

Main departments	Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS SS Main Office Head Operational Office Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) Economics and Administration Office Office of Race and Settlement (RuSHA) Main Office for Ethnic Germans (VOMI) Office of the Reich Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV) Courts Office Personnel Office Education Office

Ideological institutions	Ahnenerbe Das Schwarze Korps SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz Lebensborn

Police and security services	Regular uniform police (Orpo) Criminal police (Kripo) Secret State police (Gestapo) State Security police (SiPo) SS Security Service (SD)

Führer protection	SS-Begleitkommando des Führers Reichssicherheitsdienst

Paramilitary units	Einsatzgruppen Ypatingasis būrys Lithuanian Security Police Rollkommando Hamann Arajs Kommando Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Ukrainian collaboration Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz Trawnikis

Waffen-SS divisions	Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) Leibstandarte (LSSAH) SS Division Das Reich SS Division Totenkopf SS Polizei Division SS Division Wiking

Foreign SS units	Germanic-SS Germaansche SS in Nederland Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen Germanske SS Norge Schalburg Corps Britisches Freikorps S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS

SS-controlled enterprises	Ostindustrie Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke DEST Allach porcelain Apollinaris Mattoni Sudetenquell Anton Loibl

SS awards	SS Sword of Honour SS Honour Ring

Ranks, uniforms and insignia	Uniforms and insignia of the SS Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS Ranks and insignia of the Orpo Corps colours of the Waffen-SS

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