2nd_SS_Police_Regiment
2nd SS Police Regiment
Military unit
The 2nd SS Police Regiment (German: SS-Polizei-Regiment 2) was initially named the 2nd Police Regiment (Polizei-Regiment 2) when it was formed in 1942 from existing Order Police (Ordnungspolizei) units for security duties in Occupied Europe. It was redesignated as an SS unit in early 1943.