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Military unit
The
285th Security Division
(
285. Sicherungs-Division
) was a
rear-security division
in the
Wehrmacht
of
Nazi Germany
. The unit was deployed in German-occupied areas of the
Soviet Union
, in the
Army Group North Rear Area
.
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The division was formed in 1941, prior the German invasion of the Soviet Union,
Operation Barbarossa
. It operated in the
occupied Baltic States
and
Northern Russia
behind
Army Group North
's front lines.
Its duties included security of communications and supply lines, economic exploitation and combatting irregular fighters (
partisans
) in Wehrmacht's rear areas.
The division was subordinated to
Franz von Roques
, commander of
Army Group North Rear Area
. Along with other security and police forces in the occupied territories, the division participated in
war crimes
against prisoners of war and civilian population. For the period from 22 June to 1 December 1941, the division reported 1,500 enemies "killed in battle" or shot as "partisans", for the loss of seven dead and eleven wounded.
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