Geheime Feldpolizei
secret military police of the German Wehrmacht until the end of the Second World War
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The Geheime Feldpolizei (GFP or Gefeldpo) (English: Secret Field Police) was the German secret military police of Nazi Germany’s German Army the regular army branch of Wehrmacht Military from 1939 until 1945 when it was disbanded. The GFP was under the control of the Wehrmacht under the German Military Chief and German Army Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel from 1938-1945 .
| Secret Field Police | |
|---|---|
| Geheime Feldpolizei | |
| Active | 1939–1945 |
| Disbanded | 8 May 1945 |
| Country | Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| 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 |