List of Waffen-SS divisions
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All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type.[1] 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" was made up of Germans or other Germanic peoples, while a "Division of the SS" was made up of non-Germanic volunteers.[citation needed]
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Waffen-SS divisions by number
Number | Division name | Ethnic origin | Last commander | Years active | Divisional insignia | Maximum manpower |
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1st | "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" | German | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Otto Kumm | 1933–1945 | ![]() |
10,796 (1941)[1] |
2nd | "Das Reich" | German | SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz | 1939–1945 | ![]() |
19,021 (1941)[1] |
3rd | "Totenkopf" | German | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Hellmuth Becker | 1939–1945 | ![]() |
18,754 (1941)[1] |
4th | "Polizei" | German | SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer | 1940–1945 | ![]() |
17,347 (1941)[1] |
5th | "Wiking" | Volunteers from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Flanders | SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich | 1940–1945 | ![]() |
19,377 (1941)[1] |
6th | "Nord" | German | SS-Standartenführer Franz Schreiber | 1941–1945 | ![]() |
10,573 (1941)[1] |
7th | "Prinz Eugen" | Ethnic German volunteers from the Banat, the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), Hungary and Romania | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Schmidthuber | 1942–1945 | ![]() |
21,120 (1943) |
8th | "Florian Geyer" | German and ethnic Germans from Siebenbürgen (Transylvania) and Banat (Serbia). | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Joachim Rumohr | 1941–1945 | ![]() |
13,000 (1944) |
9th | "Hohenstaufen" | German | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Sylvester Stadler | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
19,611 (1943) |
10th | "Frundsberg" | German | SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Roestel | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
19,313 (1943) |
11th | "Nordland" | Primarily Nordic volunteers | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Gustav Krukenberg | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
11,749 (1943) |
12th | "Hitlerjugend" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Hugo Kraas | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
21,482 (1943) |
13th | "Handschar" | Bosniaks (then Croats), Croats, Ethnic Germans from Croatia | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Desiderius Hampel | 1943–1945 | 25px | 21,065 (1943) |
14th | "Galizien" | Ukrainians from Galicia | General (UNA) Pavlo Shandruk | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
22,000 (1944) |
15th | 1st Latvian | Latvians | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Burk | 1942–1945 | ![]() |
20,291 (1943) |
16th | "Reichsführer-SS" | German | SS-Oberführer Otto Baum | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
14,223 (1943) |
17th | "Götz von Berlichingen" | German, Romanian Germans and French volunteers | SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
18,354 (1944) |
18th | "Horst Wessel" | Ethnic Germans from Hungary | SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
11,000 (1944) |
19th | 2nd Latvian | Latvians | SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Bruno Streckenbach | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
20,592 (1944) |
20th | 1st Estonian | Estonians | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Berthold Maack | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
15,382 (1944) |
21st | "Skanderbeg" | Albanians | SS-Oberführer August Schmidthuber | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
6,156 (1944) |
22nd | "Maria Theresia" | Ethnic Germans from Hungary | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Zehender | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
8,000 (1944) |
23rd | "Kama" | Croats | SS-Oberführer Gustav Lombard | 1944 | ![]() |
2,199 (1944) |
23rd | "Nederland" | Dutch | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Jürgen Wagner | 1945 | ![]() |
6,000 (1944) |
24th | "Karstjäger" | ethnic German volunteers from Italy and Slovenia | SS-Oberführer Adolf Wagner | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
3,000 (1944) |
25th | "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian) | Hungarians | SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Josef Grassy | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
15,000 (1944) |
26th | "Hungaria" (2nd Hungarian) | Hungarians | SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Josef Grassy | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
13,000 (1944) |
27th | "Langemarck" | Flemish | SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
7,000 (1944) |
28th | "Wallonien" | Wallonia | SS-Standartenführer Léon Degrelle | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
4,000 (1944) |
29th | "RONA" aka Kaminski Brigade |
Russian | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Christoph Diehm | 1944 | ![]() |
15,000 (1943) |
29th | "Italia" | Italians | SS-Oberführer Erwin Tzschoppe | 1945 | ![]() |
15,000 (1944) |
30th | "Russische Nr. 2" | Belarusian | SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Siegling | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
11.600 (1944) |
30th | "Weißruthenische Nr. 1" formed from "Russische Nr. 2" |
Belarusian | SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling | 1945 | ![]() |
4,400 (1944) |
31st | 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Batschka" | Hungary | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Gustav Lombard | 1944–1945 | ![]() |
11,000 {1944} |
32nd | "30. Januar" | German | SS-Standartenführer Hans Kempin | 1945 | ![]() |
|
33rd | "Ungarische Nr. 3" became part of "Hungaria" |
Hungary | SS-Oberführer László Deák | 1945 | ||
33rd | "Charlemagne" | France | SS-Standartenführer Walter Zimmermann | 1945 | ![]() |
11,000 (1944) |
34th | "Landstorm Nederland" | Netherlands | SS-Oberführer Martin Kohlroser | 1945 | ![]() |
|
35th | SS and Police Grenadier Division | German | Oberst Rüdiger Pipkorn | 1945 | ![]() |
|
36th | "Dirlewanger" | Mixed | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Fritz Schmedes | 1945 | ![]() |
4000 (1945) |
37th | "Lützow" | Hungary | SS-Standartenführer Karl Gesele | 1945 | ![]() |
|
38th | "Nibelungen" | German | SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange | 1945 | ![]() |
6000 |
Also:
Number | Division | Origin | Last commander | Operational | Symbol | Maximum manpower |
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Panzer Division Kempf a temporary unit of mixed Heer and SS-Verfügungstruppe components |
German | 1939 | 164-180 tanks | |||
1st | 1st Cossack Cavalry Division | Russian | Helmuth von Pannwitz | 1943–1945 | ![]() |
17,500 |
See also
- Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle for General-SS commands and formations