Editing Einsatzgruppen (section)

==Personnel==
=== Invasion of Poland ===

Seven ''Einsatzgruppen'' of battalion strength operated in Poland. Each was subdivided into four ''Einsatzkommandos'' of company strength.{{sfn|Weale|2010|p=225}}

* ''Einsatzgruppe'' I, commanded by SS-''[[Standartenführer]]'' [[Bruno Streckenbach]], acted with [[14th Army (Wehrmacht)|14th Army]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' II, SS-''[[Obersturmbannführer]]'' [[Emanuel Schäfer]], acted with [[10th Army (Wehrmacht)|10th Army]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' III, SS-''Obersturmbannführer und Regierungsrat'' Dr. Herbert Fischer, acted with [[8th Army (Wehrmacht)|8th Army]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' IV, SS-''[[Brigadeführer]]'' [[Lothar Beutel]], acted with [[4th Army (Wehrmacht)|4th Army]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' V, SS-''Standartenfürer'' [[Ernst Damzog]], acted with [[3rd Army (Wehrmacht)|3rd Army]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' VI, SS-''[[Oberführer]]'' [[Erich Naumann]], acted in [[Wielkopolska]]
* ''Einsatzgruppe'' VII, SS-''Obergruppenführer'' [[Udo von Woyrsch]] and SS-''[[Gruppenführer]]'' [[Otto Rasch]], acted in [[Upper Silesia]] and [[Cieszyn Silesia]]{{sfn|Weale|2010|p=225}}

=== Invasion of the Soviet Union and other countries ===

{| class="wikitable"
|+Organisation
|-
! Einsatzgruppe
! colspan="2"  style="width:160pt;"|Leader
! Subgroups
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' A'''<br />([[Baltic states]]){{sfn|Rhodes|2002|p=12}}
| SS-''Brigadeführer''<br />Dr. [[Franz Walter Stahlecker]]<br />(until 23 March 1942)
|[[File:Franz Walter Stahlecker.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''Sonderkommandos'' 1a and 1b (German for special forces; not to be confused with the ''[[Sonderkommando]]s'' in the concentration camps)
* ''Einsatzkommandos'' 2 and 3. Attached to [[Army Group North]]
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' B'''<br />([[Belarus]]){{sfn|Rhodes|2002|p=12}}
| SS-''Brigadeführer''<br />[[Artur Nebe]]<br />(until October 1941)
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Alber-096-34, Arthur Nebe.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''Sonderkommandos'' 7a and 7b
* ''Einsatzkommandos'' 8 and 9
* A special force under Dr. [[Franz Six]] in case [[Moscow]] was captured. Attached to [[Army Group Center]]
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' C'''<br />(Northern and central [[Ukraine]]){{sfn|Rhodes|2002|p=12}}
| SS-''Gruppenführer''<br />Dr. [[Otto Rasch]]<br />(until October 1941)
|[[File:Otto Rasch at the Nuremberg Trials.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''Sonderkommandos'' 4a and 4b (''Sonderkommando'' 4 a was commanded by [[Paul Blobel]])
* ''Einsatzkommandos'' 5 and 6. Attached to [[Army Group South]]
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' D'''<br />([[Bessarabia]], Southern Ukraine, [[Crimea]], and [[Caucasus]]){{sfn|Rhodes|2002|p=12}}
| SS-''Gruppenführer''<br />Prof. [[Otto Ohlendorf]]<br />(until June 1942)
| [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J08517, Otto Ohlendorf.jpg|100px]]
|
* ''Sonderkommandos'' 10a and 10b
* ''Einsatzkommandos'' 11a, 11b, and 12. Attached to [[11th Army (Wehrmacht)|11th Army]]
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' E'''<br />([[Croatia]]){{sfn|MacLean|1999|p=23}}
| SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' Ludwig Teichmann, SS-''Standartenführer'' Günther Herrmann, SS-''Standartenführer'' [[Wilhelm Fuchs]]
|
| Five ''Einsatzkommandos'' located in [[Vinkovci]], [[Sarajevo]], [[Banja Luka]], [[Knin]], and [[Zagreb]]
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' F'''<br />([[Army Group South]]){{sfn|Museum of Tolerance}}
|
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' G'''<br />([[Romania]], [[Hungary]], [[Ukraine]]){{sfn|MacLean|1999|p=23}}
| SS-''Standartenführer'' Dr. Josef Kreuzer
|
| ''Einsatzkommandos'' 11 and 12
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' H'''<br />([[Slovakia]]){{sfn|Longerich|2010|p=419}}
|
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' K'''<br />(with [[5th Panzer Army]] in the [[Ardennes offensive]]){{sfn|Dams|Stolle|2012|p=168}}
| SS-''Oberführer'' Dr. [[Emanuel Schäfer]]
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' L'''<br />(with [[6th Panzer Army]] in the [[Ardennes offensive]]){{sfn|Dams|Stolle|2012|p=168}}
| SS-''Standartenführer'' Dr. [[Ludwig Hahn]]
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' Griechenland''' (Greece){{sfn|Conze, Frei et al.|2010}}
| SS-''Sturmbannführer'' Dr. Ludwig Hahn
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' Iltis''' ([[Carinthia (Slovenia)]]){{sfn|Crowe|2007|p=267}}
| SS-''Standartenführer'' [[Paul Blobel]]
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzkommando'' Luxemburg''' (Luxembourg){{sfn|Museum of Tolerance}}
|
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' Norwegen''' (Norway){{sfn|Larsen|2008|p=xi}}
| SS-''Oberführer'' Dr. Franz Walter Stahlecker
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' Serbien''' (Yugoslavia){{sfn|Shelach|1989|p=1169}}
| SS-''Standartenführer'' [[Wilhelm Fuchs]], SS-Gruppenführer'' August Meysner''
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' for Special Purposes'''<br />(eastern Poland){{sfn|Rhodes|2002|p=12}}
|  SS-''Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei''<br />[[Karl Eberhard Schöngarth]]
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzkommando'' Tilsit''' (Lithuania, Poland){{sfn|Longerich|2010|p=197}}
|
|
|
|- valign="top"
| '''''Einsatzgruppe'' Tunis''' ([[Tunis]]){{sfn|Mallmann|Cüppers|Smith|2010|p=130}}
| SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' [[Walter Rauff]]
|
|
|- valign="top"
| Proposed '''''Einsatzgruppe'''''<br />([[United Kingdom]]){{sfn|Shirer|1960|p=783}}
| SS-''Standartenführer''<br />Dr. [[Franz Six]]
| [[File:Six-franz-nuremberg.jpg|100px]]
|
* Proposed. Six ''Einsatzkommandos'' would have been located in [[London]], [[Manchester]], [[Birmingham]], [[Bristol]], [[Liverpool]], and either [[Edinburgh]] or [[Glasgow]]. These death squads would have been charged with the elimination of civilian resistance members and Jews in the [[United Kingdom]]. Due to the cancellation of the planned invasion of Britain ([[Operation Sealion]]), the units never saw active service.
|- valign="top"
| Proposed '''''Einsatzgruppe'''''<br />([[Middle East]]){{sfn|Weale|2010|p=386}}
| SS-''Obersturmbannführer''<br />Walter Rauff
|
|
* Proposed [[Einsatzgruppe Egypt|''Einsatzgruppe'' Egypt]] – planned for Jews resident in the Middle East, including [[British Mandate of Palestine|Palestine]]. Never organised.
|}
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