24th SS Police Regiment

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24th SS Police Regiment, originally formed as Police Regiment Radom, was created in late 1939 from existing Ordnungspolizei units to carry out security duties in Poland after the invasion. It was renamed Police Regiment 24 in mid-1942 and later became an SS police unit in February 1943. The formation began on 4 November 1939 and it controlled four police battalions—two from Polizeigruppe 1 and two from Polizeigruppe 2—though battalions rotated and one more was added in October 1940. After the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, the regiment provided rear-area security on the Eastern Front. When the 24th Police Regiment was formally formed on 9 July 1942, the headquarters followed later, on 21 April 1943, but the unit is placed in the 22–25 sequence of Polish-based regiments. Battalions I and II came from redesignated Police Battalions 83 and 133 in Galicia, while Police Battalion 93 in Slovenia was renamed III Battalion but stayed in Slovenia until January 1943, when it was sent to Marseille as part of Police Regiment Griese; it was subsequently replaced by redesignating I Battalion of the 23rd SS Police Regiment. All police regiments were redesignated as SS police units on 24 February 1943. The 24th Regiment was sent to Belarus in May 1943 and was reformed in November 1944 after being destroyed in Operation Bagration.