List of Waffen-SS divisions

All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups. Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen).

As a general rule, an "SS Division" was made up of mostly Germans, or other Germanic people, while a "Division of the SS" was made up of mostly non-Germanic volunteers and conscripts.

Waffen-SS divisions by number Number Name(in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years active Insignia Maximum manpower 1 1. SS-Panzer-Division „Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler“ (LSSAH) Germans Life Regiment Adolf Hitler 1933–1945 22,000 (1944) 2 2. SS-Panzer-Division „Das Reich“ Germans Greater Germanic Reich 1939–1945 19,021 (1941) 3 3. SS-Panzer-Division „Totenkopf“ Germans Totenkopf 1939–1945 18,754 (1941) 4 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division Germans Ordnungspolizei 1939–1945 17,347 (1941) 5 5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“ Germans, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Finns, Estonians, Dutch, Flemish, Walloons, and Swiss Vikings 1940–1945 19,377 (1941) 6 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division „Nord“ Germans, Norwegians, Swiss North 1941–1945 15,000 (1943) 7 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division „Prinz Eugen“ Germans, ethnic Germans from Banat, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania; Serbs Prince Eugene of Savoy 1941–1945 18,000 (1943) 8 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division „Florian Geyer“ Germans Florian Geyer 1941–1945 15,000 (1944) 9 9. SS-Panzer-Division „Hohenstaufen“ Germans Hohenstaufen dynasty 1943–1945 19,611 (1943) 10 10. SS-Panzer-Division „Frundsberg“ Germans Georg von Frundsberg 1943–1945 19,313 (1943) 11 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Nordland“ Germans; ethnic Germans from Romania; Swedes; Danes; Norwegians Northland 1943–1945 11,749 (1943) 12 12. SS-Panzer-Division „Hitlerjugend“ Germans Hitler Youth 1943–1945 21,482 (1943) 13 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Handschar“ (kroatische Nr. 1) Bosniaks; Croats; Albanians; ethnic Germans from Croatia Khanjar dagger 1943–1945 21,000 (1943) 14 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1), later (ukrainische Nr. 1) Ukrainians Galicia 1943–1945 22,000 (1945) 15 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 1) Latvians 1943–1945 18,000 (1943) 16 16. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division „Reichsführer SS“ Germans Reichsführer-SS(Heinrich Himmler) 1943–1945 17,500 (1943) 17 17. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division „Götz von Berlichingen“ Germans Götz von Berlichingen 1943–1945 18,354 (1944) 18 18. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Horst Wessel“ Ethnic Germans from Hungary Horst Wessel 1944–1945 11,000 (1944) 19 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 2) Latvians 1944–1945 11,000 (1944) 20 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1) Estonians 1944–1945 15,000 (1944) 21 21. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Skanderbeg“ (albanische Nr. 1) Albanians Skanderbeg 1944–1945 6,500 (1944) 22 22. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Ethnic Germans from Hungary 1944–1945 8,000 (1944) 23 23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Kama“ (kroatische Nr. 2) Croats and Bosniaks Kama dagger 1944 2,199 (1944) 23 23. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Nederland“ (niederländische Nr. 1) Dutch Netherlands 1941–1945 6,000 (1944) 24 24. Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjäger-)Division der SS Germans; ethnic German volunteers from Italy and Slovenia Karst topography 1942–1945 4,000 (1944) 25 25. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Hunyadi“ (ungarische Nr. 1) Hungarians John Hunyadi 1944–1945 15,000 (1944) 26 26. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (ungarische Nr. 2) Hungarians Hungary 1944–1945 10,000 (1944) 27 27. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „Langemarck“ (flämische Nr. 1) Flemish Battle of Langemarck (1917) 1943–1945 8,000 (1944) 28 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Wallonien“ (wallonische Nr. 1) Walloons 1943–1945 5,000 (1944) 29th Russische Volksbefreiungsarmee /29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „RONA“ (russische Nr. 1) Russians Russian People's Liberation Army (RONA) 1941–1944 13,000 (1943) 29 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Italia“ (italienische Nr. 1) Italians 1944–1945 11,000 (1944) 30 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr. 2), later (weißruthenische Nr. 1) Belarusians White Ruthenia 1944–1945 11,000 (1944) 31 31. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Ethnic Germans mostly from Hungary and Yugoslavia 1944–1945 11,000 (1944) 32 32. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „30. Januar“ Germans Date of Hitler becoming Chancellor 1945 12,000 (1945) 33 33. Waffen-Kavallerie-Division der SS (ungarische Nr. 3) Hungarians 1944–1945 33 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Charlemagne“ (französische Nr. 1) French Charlemagne 1944–1945 7,340 (1945) 34 34. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „Landstorm Nederland“ (niederländische Nr. 2) Dutch Netherlands Landsturm 1943–1945 35 35. SS- und Polizei-Grenadier-Division Germans Ordnungspolizei 1945 36 36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS Germans 1945 5,000 (1945) 37 37. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Germans;ethnic Germans from Hungary 1945 38 38. SS-Grenadier-Division „Nibelungen“ Germans Nibelung 1945 7,000

Also Number Name(in German) Ethnic composition Named after Years active Insignia Maximum manpower — Panzer-Division Kempf Germans General der PanzertruppeWerner Kempf 1939 164–180 tanks — SS-Kampfgruppe „Böhmen-Mähren“ Germans Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1944–1945 3 regimental sized units and an artillery regiment (on paper) 1 Cossack 1. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division Cossacks 1943–1945 17,500 2 Cossack 2. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Division Cossacks 1944–1945 — Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS (rumänisches Nr. 1) Romanians 1944–1945 12,000 — Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS (bulgarisches Nr. 1) Bulgarians 1944–1945 — Serbisches Freiwilligen-Korps Serbians 1944–1945 9,886

Planned and authorized but never formed Number Name(in German) Named after Notes 3 Cossack 3. Kosaken-Plastun-Division Cossack plastun Planned to be formed from the Plastun Brigade of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps, which consisted of two plastun regiments. 39 39. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Andreas Hofer“ Andreas Hofer 40 40. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division „Feldherrnhalle“ Feldherrnhalle 41 41. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Kalevala“ (finnische Nr. 1) Kalevala Planned to be formed from the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS after its dissolution.However, only a small amount of Finns (company-sized) defected after the Moscow Armistice. More recruits were expected for the eventuality that the Soviet Union fully occupied Finland, but this never came to pass.Vaarallisilla teillä : viimeiset suomalaiset SS-miehet - Lappalainen, Niilo, 1927-2001 ; Werner Söderström osakeyhtiö 1998 ISBN 9510226653Bruce Quarrie, Hitler's Samurai: The Waffen-SS in Action, 2ª ed., Patrick Stephens Limited, 1984, pp. 33-34, ISBN 0-85059-723-4. 42 42. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Niedersachsen“ Lower Saxony 43 43. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Reichsmarschall“ Reichsmarschall(Hermann Göring) 44 44. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division „Wallenstein“ Albrecht von Wallenstein Planned to be formed from Kampfgruppe Wallenstein, a unit formed from the SS-Truppenübungsplatz Böhmen training area in Bohemia.Kampfgruppe Wallenstein was used to suppress the Prague uprising. 45 45. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „Waräger“ Varangians Named after Vikings who settled in present-day Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Shared its name with the 1st SS Special Regiment Waräger, which was primarily composed of Russians.

See also Allgemeine-SS regional commands (for General SS commands and formations) List of Waffen-SS division commanders List of Waffen-SS units Register of SS leaders in general's rank SS Panzer Division order of battle

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