Geheime Feldpolizei
Secret Field Police | |
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Geheime Feldpolizei | |
Active | 1939–1945 |
Disbanded | 8 May 1945 |
Country | Germany |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch | German Army (later under the 'control' of the RSHA, though still mostly part of the German Armed Forces) |
Type | Military police, Secret police |
Role | Counterpropaganda 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.