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  2. Order Police battalions - Wikipedia

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    The Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) was a key instrument of the security apparatus of Nazi Germany.In the prewar period, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, and Kurt Daluege, chief of the Order Police, cooperated in transforming the police force of the Weimar Republic into militarised formations ready to serve the regime's aims of conquest and racial annihilation.

  3. Police collaboration in Vichy France - Wikipedia

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    French police carried out numerous round-ups (French: rafles) of Jews during World War II, including the Green ticket roundup in May 1941, [5] [6] the round-up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris in August 1941 in which 4,200 persons were arrested and interned at Drancy, [7] the massive Vélodrome d'Hiver round-up in 1942 in which over 13,000 Jews were arrested, [7] [8] [9] the rafle of ...

  4. Ordnungspolizei - Wikipedia

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    Police troops were first formed into battalion-sized formations for the invasion of Poland, where they were deployed for security and policing purposes, also taking part in executions and mass deportations. [3] During World War II, the force was tasked with policing the civilian population of the occupied and colonised countries. [4]

  5. Schutzpolizei (Nazi Germany) - Wikipedia

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    The barracked police (Kasernierte Polizei) was a predecessor of today's German Bereitschaftspolizei riot police. It was normally organized in company-sized units (Hundertschaften) in larger cities. During World War II, the barracked police formed the core of police battalions serving in German-occupied Europe and the rear of the German army. [3]

  6. Schutzmannschaft - Wikipedia

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    The Schutzmannschaft, or Auxiliary Police (lit. "protection team"; plural: Schutzmannschaften, [nb 1] abbreviated as Schuma) was the collaborationist auxiliary police of native policemen serving in those areas of the Soviet Union and the Baltic states occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.

  7. Ukrainian Auxiliary Police - Wikipedia

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    The Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (German: Ukrainische Hilfspolizei; Ukrainian: Українська допоміжна поліція, romanized: Ukrainska dopomizhna politsiia) was the official title of the local police formation (a type of hilfspolizei) set up by Nazi Germany during World War II in Eastern Galicia and Reichskommissariat Ukraine, shortly after the German occupation of the ...

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  9. Dogs in warfare - Wikipedia

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    In World War II, dogs took on a new role in medical experimentation, as the primary animals chosen for medical research. [44] The animal experimentation allowed doctors to test new medicines without risking human lives, though these practices came under more scrutiny after the war.