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4Th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 1 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 1 1/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 2 ATENAS EDITORES ASOCIADOS 1998-2016 www.thegermanarmy.org Tittle: 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei © Atenas Editores Asociados 1998-2016 © Gustavo Urueña A www.thegermanarmy.org More information: http://www.thegermanarmy.org First Published: September 2016 We include aditional notes and text to clarify original and re- produce original text as it in original book All right reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval system, or transmited in any form or by any mens, electronic, mechanical, photocopyng or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the autor or publisher. Design: Atenas Editores Asociados 1998-2016 © Atenas Editores Asociados 1998-2016 The Editors welcome all comments and observations: [email protected] 2/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 3 3/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 4 4/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 5 5/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 6 Alfred Wünnenberg Dates: * 20. July 1891, Saarburg ( Lothringen) - † 30. Decem- ber 1967, Krefeld / NRW An SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen SS und Polizei and the commander of the 4th SS Polizei Panzer Gre- nadier Division during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. World War I Alfred Wünnenberg was born on 20 July 1891 at Saarburg/ Sarrebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. In February 1913 he joined the army and served in the 56th Infantry Regiment and was soon promoted to Unteroffizier. Alfred Wünnenberg was a company commander in Infantry Regiment 255 and later flyer observers during the First World War. After the war he fought for border protection "East" in Upper Silesia before he went to the police. In Ja- nuary 1940 he was appointed lieutenant colonel commander of the Police Rifle Regiment 3. On 1 February 1940, he was promoted to colonel and took part in the western campaign. 6/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 7 7/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 8 The origins of the SS lie right back at the genesis of the Nazi movement in Germany in 1923. These were turbulent times, and few then would have been willing to bet on the outcome of the struggle for domination of Germany between the Nazis and the Communists. The two sides often battled violently in the streets, and injuries and deaths were far from uncom- mon. It was clear that some form of bodyguard element was required to protect those who spoke at Nazi outdoor meet- ings. The SA Stormtroopers, the Sturmabteilung, or "Brown- shirts', were little more than an unruly rabble, most of them unemployed :hugs with no real loyalty to Hitler, but useful for meeting the opposing Communists head on in countless violent street fights while, in the main, being by no means trustworthy or disciplined enough to :: rovide reliable body- guards for the Party leadership. 8/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 9 9/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 10 The Waffen-SS, as with the Heer, possessed a great variety of divisional structures. The complexities of this variety were further complicated by a more or less continuous evolution of authorized division structures throughout the war. For exam- ple, the first Waffen-SS divisions were organized as motor- ized infantry ones, with little armor. Four of the earliest divi- sions (SS-LAH, SS-Das Reich, SS-Totenkopf, and SS-Wik- ing'] were then reformed as Panzer (armored)- divisions, and three new-armored divisions joined them (SS-Hohenstaufen, &S-Frundsberg, and SS-Hitlerjugend). Four additional divi- sions were raised as Panzer-Grenadier (armored infantry) (SS-Nordland, SS-Reichsführer-SS, SS-Gotz von Berlichin- gen, and SS-Horst Wessel). The motorized SS-Combat Group Nord evolved into SS- Nord, which set the standard for the establishment of an SS mountain division. This was used as the intended structure for SS-Prinz Eugen, SS-Handschar, SS-Skanderbeg, and SS- Kama, though the last two didn't complete formation. Simi- larly, the SS-Cavalry Brigade developed into SS-Florian Geyer, which had a structure copied for SS-Maria Theresia (though not for SS-Liitzow, which had a structure similar to an infantry division). 10/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 11 Alfred Wünnenberg ............................................................... 13 Preface.................................................................................... 15 4th Panzergrenadier Division Polizei ....................................32 SS Polizei Division ................................................................ 34 SS Polizei Infantry Division.................................................. 36 4th SS Polizei-Panzergrenadier Division...............................45 Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch ......................................................53 Arthur Mülverstadt................................................................56 Walter Krüger ....................................................................... 58 Fritz Freitag ...........................................................................61 Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock ....................................................... 64 Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner.............................................. 66 Herbert-Ernst Vahl............................................................... 69 Helmut Dörner....................................................................... 71 Walter Harzer ........................................................................75 4th SS Polizei Army Group North in Russia..........................79 Demyansk Pocket..................................................................111 Battle of Krasny Bor............................................................. 116 Annexes................................................................................128 Annexe 5 Ranks in German Army .......................................128 Ranks in Waffen S.S.............................................................136 Allgemeine S.S .....................................................................139 SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz ................................................... 147 S.S Verfugungstruppe .......................................................... 151 SS-Totenkopfverbände ........................................................ 154 The Art of Blitzkrieg.............................................................166 Panzer Tactics ..................................................................... 202 Campaing in France.............................................................241 Operation Barbarossa ......................................................... 244 Last cauldron: Army and SS in Hungary, 1945 .................. 246 Germany in Defeat.............................................................. 250 Germany in Defeat 1945 ...................................................... 251 Bibliography.........................................................................252 Index ....................................................................................259 11/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 12 12/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 13 Alfred Wünnenberg Dates: * 20. July 1891, Saarburg ( Lothringen) - † 30. Decem- ber 1967, Krefeld / NRW An SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen SS und Polizei and the commander of the 4th SS Polizei Panzer Gre- nadier Division during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. World War I Alfred Wünnenberg was born on 20 July 1891 at Saarburg/ Sarrebourg, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany. In February 1913 he joined the army and served in the 56th Infantry Regiment and was soon promoted to Unteroffizier. Alfred Wünnenberg was a company commander in Infantry Regiment 255 and later flyer observers during the First World War. After the war he fought for border protection "East" in Upper Silesia before he went to the police. In Ja- nuary 1940 he was appointed lieutenant colonel commander of the Police Rifle Regiment 3. On 1 February 1940, he was promoted to colonel and took part in the western campaign. As of June 1941, he took part in the Russian campaign. For breaking through the Luga position, the storming of Luga and Krasnovardeisk he received on 15 November 1941 as Standartenführer and Colonel Bobby awarded the Knight's Cross. He was then promoted to SS Brigade Commander on 15 December 1941 and commander of the SS Police Division. For the success of the Division in the fighting on the Volkhov him the Oak Leaves was awarded on July 1, 1942. As of June 11, 1943, he was responsible for the preparation of IV. SS Pan- zer Corps and promoted on July 1, 1943, SS-Obergruppenfüh- rer and General of Police. In August 1943, he took over the business of the Chief of the Order Police. World War II On 2 October 1939 he became the commander of the 3rd Poli- zei Schützen Regiment with the rank of Standartenführer and given the SS service number 405 898. With this regiment, he 13/263 4th Waffen SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei 14 took on the Battle of France and the attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 Operation Barbarossa when on 15 November 1941 he was awarded the Knight's Cross. In December 1941 he took over the command of the 4th SS Polizei Division from Walter Krüger. In recognition of the heavy fighting the unit was involved in on 23 April 1942 he was promoted to SS-Bri-
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