Militaria Archive

Polizei Bataillon 205 - Kladno 1940

Polizei Bataillon V/I formed in March 1939 and was renamed 'Polizei Bataillon 205' in October 1939. Pol.Btl.205 was located in Prague and Kladno until it's withdrawal to Berlin on June 18th 1940 and disbandment. Images in this group show these Polizei men in the period from 1937, (including at Dresden), up through to the formation of Polizei Bataillon 205 and continue until June 1940, Kladno. There are winter 1939 images of Polizei Kaserne Kladno, with sign marked 'Polizei-Regiment Böhmen Pol.-Batl. 205'. Included are several images from a shooting exercise in Kladno April-May 1940 in which Bataillonskommandeur Major d.SchP. Max Stahl along with several Polizei, S.A. and SS Officers featured.