Editing Einsatzgruppen (section)

=== 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}}