But when Partisans disperse they do not stay dispersed, so the Germans were forced to conduct a supplemental operation between 19 March and 7 April 1945, which proved to be the final operation against Tito's 9th Corps. Four combat groups were organized along the perimeter of the area now occupied by the Partisans, with the task of bringing the 9th Corps to battle by gradually advancing in unison toward the center, and thereby reducing the size of the area under their control. This was the standard German method of cleansing a Partisan-infested area, and it was never significantly changed during the course of the war. To the west, along the line Idrija-Reka-Grahovo-Podbrdo, Combat Group Blank was assembled with major elements of the 10th and 15th SS-Police Regiments, II./1. S.F.K. Rgt., II./4. S.F.K. Rgt., 21st SS-Police Reconnnaissance Co., SS-Police Company "Schmidt" and an artillery battery from the LXXXXVII Army Corps. This force was later joined on 4 April by the 2nd and 3rd S.F.K. Regiments, and 1,500 men from the Chetnik 502 Lika Corps. The second group, under Police major Dr. Dippelhofer, consisted of the Ljubljana SS NCO School, Slovene Domobrans, Chetniks and a 1,200- man Russian ROA unit. This group was deployed to the southeast along the line Idrija-kofja Loka. The northern assault group, 4,500 men belonging to the 13th, 17th and 28th SS-Police Regiments, were formed up along the road between Podbrdo and kofja Loka, while a special assault force from the 14th Ukrainian SS Division was concentrated along the northeastern side of the perimeter. - From: The German Police - Appendix M The 10 SS Reg. (Police Bat 45, 303 and 214) was the only Reg. to survive intact out of the 5 Pol. Reg. assigned to Kampfgruppe Pruetzmann. In June 1944 it was withdrawn and posted to Slovenia. (August).

In 1944 Easter came on 26 March, which means the Pentacost must have been on 4 May. This pretty much rules out the SS-Pol.Rgt.10. Furthermore the only German unit in this part of the Province of Ljubljana, at that time frame, was SS-Pol.Rgt.14, which had from late January 1944 it's 1st battalion stationed in Novo Mesto together with two companies of Slowenische Landeswehr and 13.Pol.Pz.Kp. Novo Mesto was a strong-point, referred to as Sttzpunkt Rudolfwerth, surrounded by partisan held territory and used as a stagging area for attacks on the so-called liberated territories. SS-Pol.Rgt.10 on the other hand, while close nearby, didn't operate in Province of Ljubljana part of the Operatzionszone Adriatische Kstenland but mostly in Provinz Grz and Trieste (to the W of Ljubljana),

res.Pol.Btl.72 was from 1941-42 stationed in Krsko, the battalion was used in the deportation of Slovene population from the area and it also participated in several anti-partisan operations in NNE Slovenia. After 1942 till the end of the war the area was a safe zone so the battalion's presence wasn't needed anymore, it was moved to N Slovenia and reorganized as I./SS-Pol.Rgt.19. In late fall 1943 it was sent to Novo Mesto, where it was in late January 1944 replaced by I./SS-Pol.Rgt.14.

-SS-Pol.Rgt.10: Here's the list of regiment's actions from summer 1944 till May 1945. On 12 July 1944 the regiment arrived in Slovenia and was deployed in the area Trieste-Gorizia-Idrija. July-August: participates in the anti-partisan operation in Trnovo forrest/Cerkno October: Op. Grnewald Max - Trnovo forrest December: large scale anti-partisan operation February-March 1945: Op.Rbezahl I.-III. March-April 1945: Op. Frhlingsanfang/Op. Winterende April: deployed in Trnovo forrest April/May: retreats to Gorizia

"The German Police" (Axis Europa), SS Police Mountain Regiment 18 was formed in July, 1942 from Polizei-Gebirgsjaeger-Bataillonen 302, 312 and 325 and was placed at the disposal of Kurt Daluege (Chief of the Order Police) who dispatched the regiment to Slovenia to combat Partizans. The regiment's first commander was Oberst der Schutzpolizei Hermann Franz. The regiment remained in Slovenia until December 1942 when it was moved to Danzig, and then to Finland where it came under the XVIII Mountain Corps. It was withdrawn from Finland in July 1943, and shipped to Greece where it served in numerous areas until September of 1944. On October 11, 1944 the 1st and 2nd Battalions were located in Belgrade, Serbia, and on October 23, 1944 the entire regiment was moved to Irig. They began the long withdrawl westward, passing through Osijek (December 1944 - February 1945), Valpovo, Varazdin (April 1 -26), Ludbreg and on into Austria whre they were located at the time of the German capitulation.

I note that the commander of the regiment during its posting in Belgrade (Major der Polizei Mann) was killed in action on October 10, 1944. He was replaced by Major der Schutzpolizei Poys, who commanded the regiment till the end of the war.

Other German Police groundforces that served in "Yugoslavia" were: - SS Police Regiment 5 (formed in Belgrade, Serbia on July 9, 1942); this regiment had a large number of ethnic German Serbs. It served in Serbia from 1942-1944 and in Croatia from late 1944-1945. - SS Police Regiment 6 served for a short period of time near Vinkovci, Croatia in November 1944. - After the destruction of the original SS Police Regiment 9 in January 1945, the "new" regiment was formed in northern Slovenia from SS Police Regiment "Alpenvorland". It appears the regiment had only one battalion by wars end. - SS Police Regiment 10 served in Slovenia from August 1944 fighting Partizans. - SS Police Regiment 13 served in central Slovenia from August 1944 - March 1945. -SS Police Regiment 14 served in Croatia (Karlovac-Ogulin area) from September 1943 - early 1944, and in Slovenia from early 1944 - March 1945. - SS-Polizei-Gebirgsjger-Regiment 18 : formed in July 1942 from 302. Polizei-Gebirgsjger-Bataillon (Munich), 312. Polizei-Gebirgsjger-Bataillon (Innsbruck) and 325. Polizei-Gebirgsjger-Bataillon. It was sent to Slovenia to fight the partisans. It was sent to Finland in December 1942 and was stationed at Oulo in January 1943 where it was attached to XVIII. Gebirgs-Armeekorps. It fought in Finland until July when it was sent to Danzig. - It was transfered to Greece in August 1943 where it took part in anti-partisan operations until the Germans withdrew from Greece and later through Yugoslavia.- SS Police Regiment 19 was formed in Slovenia in July 1942 and served there until June 1944. - One battalion of the SS Police Regiment 24 (the 3rd) aparently served in Slovenia in early 1943. - SS Police Regiment 25 served in Slovenia from August 1944 - March 1945. - SS Police Regiment 28 "Todt" served in Slovenia from February 1944. - III./SS-Pol.Rgt.1 (late 1942) - Slovenia - I./SS-Pol.Rgt.4 (late 1942) - Slovenia - SS-Pol.Rgt.17 (1945) - Slovenia - SS-Pol.Rgt.19 (1945) - Slovenia - I./SS-Pol.Rgt.Bozen (1944-1945) - Slovenia - III./SS Waffengruppe Nordkaukasus (1945) - Slovenia - SS-Freiwilligen-Regiment "Warager" (11/44-5/45) - Slovenia - Kampfgruppe "Dippelhofer": This was a KG composed from SS-Unterfhrerschule Laibach, 2nd Domobran Btl., chetnicks etc.