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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
Military unit
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 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.
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Nazi Germany
Waffen-SS