64th Belarusian Auxiliary Police Battalion
64th Belarusian Auxiliary Police Battalion (Belarusian: 64-ы батальён дапаможнай паліцыі, romanized: 64-y bataĺjon dapamožnaj palicyi; German: Weiss-Schutzmannschaft-Bataillon F/64) was a Belarusian Auxiliary Police battalion that existed in 1944, at the very end of the German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II. It was composed from the Belarusians of Hlybokaye.
| 64th Belarusian Auxiliary Police Battalion | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1 February 1944 — June 1944 |
| Size | 65 (29 February 1944) |
| Garrison | Hlybokaye, Generalbezirk Weissruthenien, Reichskommissariat Ostland |
History
On 1 February 1944, the 64th Auxiliary Police Battalion was formed in Hlybokaye as a guard (Wacht) battalion.[1] In May 1944, the battalion received the status of a field battalion (Feld).[1] Most likely, the battalion never became a fighting unit, because it had only 65 people as of 29 February 1944.[2][3] In June, the battalion was evacuated to German-occupied Poland due to the Soviet Operation Bagration that pushed the Wehrmacht out of Belarus.[4] Later, the battalion became part of the Siegling Brigade's 2nd Regiment.
References
- Romanko 2008, p. 159.
- Romanko 2008, p. 321.
- Hryboŭski 2007.
- Romanko 2008, pp. 162–163.
Sources
- Hryboŭski, Jury (2007). "Беларускі легіён СС: міфы і рэчаіснасць" [The Belarusian SS Legion: Myths and Reality]. Belarusian Historical Review (in Belarusian). 14 (1–2).
- Romanko, O. V. (2008). Коричневые тени в Полесье : Белоруссия, 1941-1945 [Brown shadows in Polesie: Belarus, 1941-1945] (PDF). Военные тайны ХХ века (in Russian). Moscow: Veche. ISBN 9785953319096.