The area commanders ' duties included security of communications and supply lines , economic exploitation and combating guerillas ( partisans ) in Wehrmacht 's rear areas . In addition to the Wehrmacht security forces , the SS and the SD formations operated in the same areas , under the command of the respective Higher SS and Police Leaders . These units included '' Einsatzgruppen '' detachments , three police regiments ( North , Centre and South ) , the Waffen-SS units of the '' Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS '' , and additional '' Ordnungspolizei '' ( Order Police Battalions ) , which units perpetrated mass murder during The Holocaust in the areas of military jurisdiction
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Army Group Rear Area Command (Wehrmacht)