In the September 1939 invasion of Poland, the LSSAH and SS-VT fought as separate mobile infantry regiments.[108] The LSSAH became notorious for torching villages without military justification.[109] Members of the LSSAH committed atrocities in numerous towns, including the murder of 50 Polish Jews in Błonie and the massacre of 200 civilians, including children, who were machine-gunned in Złoczew.