SS-Oberabschnitt Weichsel

SS-Oberabschnitt Weichsel was a division strength command of the Allgemeine-SS that controlled most General-SS units located in East Prussia. Prior to 1939, the division's primary focus was on German activity in the free city of Danzig as well as security preparations for war over the Polish Corridor question.

After 1940, Oberabschnitt Weichsel became heavily involved in commanding atrocity actions in Poland; as World War II progressed, the Oberabschnitt itself became nearly one and the same with the office of the SS and Police Leaders.

Oberabschnitt Weichsel effectively ceased to exist in late 1944 as the Red Army overran Poland. The division was formally disbanded upon the German surrender in May 1945.

Subordinate SS units

119th SS-Standarte

References

Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997). ISBN 0-7643-0145-4

Allgemeine-SS order of battle

SS and Police Leaders	Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF)

Oberabschnitt	Alpenland Böhmen-Mähren Donau Elbe Fulda-Werra Lothringen-Saarpfalz Main Mitte Nord Nordost Nordsee Nordwest Ost Ostland Österreich Ostsee Rhein Rhein-Westmark Spree Süd Südost Südwest Ukraina Warthe Weichsel West Westmark

Abschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XX XXXXI XXXXII XXXXIII XXXXIV XXXXV

Reiterabschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

Standarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127

Reiterstandarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Specialty Units	SS-Kraftfahrstürme (Transportation) SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne (Signals) SS-Pioniersturmbanne (Engineers) SS-Fliegersturm (Flight Units)

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