SS Fortress Regiment 1 was an improvised unit of the Waffen SS formed in February 1945, during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, for service in the defence of Breslau, during the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

's Siege of Breslau. The regiment proved to be an excellent unit in the savage house to house fighting that lasted 82 days but surrendered at the end of the siege on 6 May 1945.

Knight's Cross recipients

• Obersturmbannführer
  Obersturmbannführer
  Obersturmbannführer was a paramilitary Nazi Party rank used by both the SA and the SS. It was created in May 1933 to fill the need for an additional field grade officer rank above Sturmbannführer as the SA expanded. It became an SS rank at the same time...
  
   Georg-Robert Besslein
  Georg-Robert Besslein
  Georg Robert Besslein was a Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.-Early life:Georg Robert Besslein was...
  
  
• Obersturmführer
  Obersturmführer
  Obersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi party that was used by the SS and also as a rank of the SA. Translated as “Senior Assault Leader”, the rank of Obersturmführer was first created in 1932 as the result of an expansion of the Sturmabteilung and the need for an additional rank in...
  
   Alfred Roge
  Alfred Roge
  Alfred Roge was a Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.Alfred Roge was born on 1 June 1915, he worked as a...
  
  
• Unterscharführer
  Unterscharführer
  Unterscharführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party used by the Schutzstaffel between 1934 and 1945. The SS rank was created after the Night of the Long Knives...
  
   Rudolf Grünner
• Untersturmführer
  Untersturmführer
  Untersturmführer was a paramilitary rank of the German Schutzstaffel first created in July 1934. The rank can trace its origins to the older SA rank of Sturmführer which had existed since the founding of the SA in 1921...
  
   Franz Budka
  Franz Budka
  Franz Budka was a Obersturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II....
  
  

Order of battle

• Regimental HQ Company

• I.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 1st Company
  • 2nd Company
  • 3rd Company
  • 4th Company
  • Anti tank Company (150mm)

• II.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 5th Company
  • 6th Company
  • 7th Company
  • 8th Company
  • Anti tank Company (75mm)

• III.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 9th Company
  • 10th Company
  • 11th Company
  • 12th Company
  • Anti tank Company (75mm)

• IV.Battalion
  • HQ Company
  • 13th Company
  • 14th Company
  • 15th Company
  • Mortar Company (120mm)
  • Lehr Company
  • Signals Platoon

• Regimental Artillery
  • 1st Battery (88mm Flak)
  • 2nd Battery (88mm Flak)
  • 3rd Battery (75mm guns)
  • 4th Battery (75mm guns)
  • 5th Battery (75mm guns)