List of Waffen-SS divisions

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Main article: List of Waffen SS units

All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series, regardless of type. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. Many of the higher-numbered units were small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen), i.e. divisions in name only.

As a general rule, an "SS Division" is made up of Germans, or other Germanic peoples, while a "Division of the SS" is made up of non-Germanic volunteers.

Battlegroups of the Waffen-SS

Number Division Origin Last commander Operational Symbol Maximum manpower
1st "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" Germany SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm 1933-1945 20,844 (1942)[1]
2nd "Das Reich" Germany SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann 1939-1945 20,184 (1944)[2]
3rd "Totenkopf" Germany SS-Brigadeführer Hellmuth Becker 1939-1945 21,186 (1942)[3]
4th "Polizei" Germany SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler 1940-1945 19,377 (1941)[4]
5th "Wiking" Germany SS-Oberführer Karl Ulrich 1940-1945 17,347 (1941)[5]
6th "Nord" Germany SS-Standartenführer Franz Schriber 1941-1945 21,247 (1942)[6]
7th "Prinz Eugen" Germany SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidthuber 1942-1945 21,120 (1943)[7]
8th "Florian Geyer" Germany SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr 1942-1945 13,000 (1944)[8]
9th "Hohenstaufen" Germany SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer 1943-1945 19,611 (1943)[9]
10th "Frundsberg" Germany SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Roestel 1943-1945 File:10divss.gif 19,313 (1943)[10]
11th "Nordland" Norway SS-Brigadeführer Dr. Gustav Krunkenberg 1943-1945 11,749 (1943)[11]
12th "Hitlerjugend" Germany SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas 1943-1945 File:12divss.gif 21,482 (1943)[12]
13th "Handschar" Croatia SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel 1943-1945 File:13divss.gif 21,065 (1943)[13]
14th "Galizien" Ukraine SS-Brigadeführer Pavlo Schandruk 1944-1945 22,000 (1944)[14]
15th "Lettische Nr. 1" Latvia SS-Oberführer Karl Burk 1942-1945 20,291 (1943)[15]
16th "Reichsführer-SS" Germany SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 1943-1945 14,223 (1943)[16]
17th "Götz von Berlichingen" Germany SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 1943-1945 18,354 (1944)[17]
18th "Horst Wessel" Hungary SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen 1944-1945 11,000 (1944)[18]
19th "Lettische Nr. 2" Latvia SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach 1944-1945 10,592 (1944)[19]
20th "Estnische Nr. 1" Estonia SS-Standartenführer Alfons Rebane 1943-1945 15,382 (1944)[20]
21st "Skanderberg" Albania SS-Oberführer August Schmidthuber 1944-1945 File:21divss.gif 6,156 (1944)[21]
22nd "Maria Theresia" Hungary SS-Brigadeführer August Zehende 1944-1945 8,000 (1944)[22]
23rd "Kama" Croatia SS-Oberführer Gustav Lombard 1944 2,199 (1944)[23]
23rd "Nederland" Netherlands SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner 1945 6,000 (1944)[24]
24th "Karstjäger" Italy SS-Oberführer Adolf Wagner 1944-1945 3,000 (1944)[25]
25th "Hunyadi" Hungary SS-Gruppenführer Josef Grassy 1944-1945 15,000 (1944)[26]
26th "Hungaria" Hungary SS-Gruppenführer Josef Grassy 1944-1945 13,000 (1944)[27]
27th "Langemarck" Flemish SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 1944-1945 7,000 (1944)[28]
28th "Wallonien" Wallonia SS-Standartenführer Léon Degrelle 1944-1945 4,000 (1944)[29]
29th "RONA" Russian SS-Brigadeführer Christoph Diehm 1944 15,000 (1943)[30]
29th "Italia" Italy SS-Oberführer Erwin Tzschoppe 1945 15,000 (1944)[31]
30th "Russische Nr. 2" Belarusian SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Siegling 1944-1945 4,400 (1944)
30th "Weißruthenische Nr. 1" Belarusian SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling 1945
31st "Böhmen-Mähren" Hungary SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 1944-1945 11,000 {1944}
32nd "30. Januar" Germany SS-Standartenführer Hans Kempin 1945
33rd "Ungarische Nr. 3" Hungary SS-Oberführer László Deák 1945
33rd "Charlemagne" France SS-Standartenführer Walter Zimmermann 1945 [32]
34th "Landstorm Nederland" Netherlands SS-Oberführer Martin Kohlroser 1945 [33]
35th SS and Police Grenadier Division Germany SS-Standartenführer Rüdiger Pipkorn 1945 [34]
36th "Dirlewanger" Mixed SS-Oberführer Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger 1945 [35]
37th "Lützow" Hungary SS-Standartenführer Karl Gesele 1945 [36]
38th "Nibelungen" Germany SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange 1945 6000 [37]

Also Panzer Division Kempf, a temporary unit of mixed Heer and Waffen-SS components.

Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1982 "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"
  2. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1981 "Das Reich"
  3. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1980 "Totenkopf"
  4. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1979 "Polizei"
  5. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1978 "Wiking"
  6. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1974 "Nord"
  7. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1971 "Prinz Eugen"
  8. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1969 "Florian Geyer"
  9. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1968 "Hohenstaufen"
  10. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1967 "Frundsberg"
  11. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=42 "Nordland"
  12. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1963 "Hitlerjugend"
  13. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1960 "Handschar"
  14. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1959 "Galizien"
  15. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1958 "Lettische Nr. 1"
  16. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1943 "Reichsführer-SS"
  17. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1937 "Götz von Berlichingen"
  18. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1936 "Horst Wessel"
  19. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1934 "Lettische Nr. 2"
  20. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1931 "Estnische Nr. 1"
  21. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1927 "Skanderberg"
  22. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1926 "Maria Theresia"
  23. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1925 "Kama"
  24. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1924 "Nederland"
  25. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1919 "Karstjäger"
  26. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1916 "Hunyadi"
  27. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1915 "Hungaria"
  28. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1914 "Langemarck"
  29. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1908 "Wallonien"
  30. ^ http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/rona.htm "RONA"
  31. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1901 "Italia"
  32. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=881 "Charlemagne"
  33. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=772 "Landstorm Nederland"
  34. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=767
  35. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=766 "Dirlewanger"
  36. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=762 "Lützow"
  37. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=761 "Nibelungen"


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