Geheime Feldpolizei

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Secret Field Police
Geheime Feldpolizei
Active1939–1945
Disbanded8 May 1945
CountryGermany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
BranchGerman Army (later under the 'control' of the RSHA, though still mostly part of the German Armed Forces)
TypeMilitary police, Secret police
RoleCounterpropaganda
Counterinsurgency
Counterintelligence
Covert operation
Criminal investigation
Crowd control
Force protection
Intelligence assessment
Law enforcement
Raiding
Security checkpoint
Commanders
Leader (1939-1942)Chief of Heer (German Army) Police
Leader (1942-1945)SS-Oberführer and Police Colonel Wilhelm Krichbaum

The Geheime Feldpolizei (Secret Field Police) was the secret military police of Nazi Germany until 1945 when it was disbanded.