SS Fortress Regiment 1

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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 (Template:Lang-de) 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 engaged in savage house to house fighting against the invading Red Army 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

v t e Waffen-SS brigades
Panzer	Gross Westfalen 150
Panzer- grenadier	Schuldt 4 Nederland 49 51
Sturmbrigade	Wallonia Langemarck Reichsführer SS France Dirlewanger Kaminski
Cavalry	SS Cavalry Brigade
Infantry	1st SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade 3 Estonian Landstorm Nederland 1 Italian Charlemagne (1 French) 1 Belarussian
Police	Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling
Units marked in bold were officially named "volunteer". See also: List of Waffen-SS units, List of Waffen-SS brigades

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Units marked in bold were officially named "volunteer". See also: SS heavy Panzer battalions

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Waffen-SS divisions	SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) Leibstandarte (LSSAH) SS Division Das Reich SS Division Totenkopf SS Polizei Division SS Division Wiking
Foreign SS units	Austrian SS Germanic-SS Germaansche SS in Nederland Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen Germanske SS Norge Schalburg Corps British Free Corps Kaminski Brigade Finnish Volunteer Battalion

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