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Generalgouvernement [r]: Occupied area of central Poland following the German invasion of Poland, under Hans Frank ^[e]
Warthegau [r]: After the German invasion of Poland, that part of Western Poland that was incorporated into the Reich and "germanized", with persecution and deportation of undesirables ^[e]

Fedor von Bock [r]: (1880-1945) German Generalfeldmarschall who commanded [[army group ^[e](Army Group North)
Gerd von Rundstedt [r]: (1875-1953) German Field Marshal; commanded army groups in Poland, France and Russia; commander-in-chief West at the time of the Battle of Normandy ^[e](Army Group South)
Ferdinand Catlos [r]: Add brief definition or description Slovakian Army
Johannes Blaskowitz [r]: German Generaloberst who commanded forces moving into the Sudetenland and Austria, planned and commanded in Poland where he protested SS misconduct, relieved and later on the Western Front, committed suicide while facing minor charges in the High Command Case (NMT) ^[e]

Einsatzgruppen [r]: Plural is Einsatzgruppen; Nazi mobile security, and then killing units, which accompanied Army units advancing into Austria, Poland and Russia; units on Russian Front carried out mass murder in Holocaust prior to the construction of extermination camps ^[e]
HSSPF [r]: SS and Police Leader of an area reporting to Heinrich Himmler; SSPF, Higher SSPF, Highest SSPF ^[e]
- Friedrich Kruger [r]: (1894-1945) SA and SS-Gruppenfuehrer, first HSSPF of Generalgouvernement (1939-1943), later commanded SS divisions; committed suicide after war's end ^[e]
- Wilhelm Koppe [r]: (1896-1975) SS-Obergruppenfuehrer, HSSPF of Warthegau, second HSSPF of Generalgouvernement (1943-1945); successfully avoided prosecution ^[e]