Waffen-SS divisions
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Main article: List of Waffen SS units
- See "Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle" for General-SS commands and formations
All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series as formed, 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.
[edit] Waffen-SS divisions
| Number | Division | Origin | Last commander | Operational | Symbol | Maximum manpower |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Otto Kumm | 1933–1945 |  |
20,844 (1942)[1] |
| 2nd | "Das Reich" | Germany | SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz | 1939–1945 |  |
20,184 (1944)[2] |
| 3rd | "Totenkopf" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Hellmuth Becker | 1939–1945 |  |
21,186 (1942)[3] |
| 4th | "Polizei" | Germany | SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer | 1940–1945 |  |
19,377 (1941)[4] |
| 5th | "Wiking" | Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Flanders | SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich | 1940–1945 |  |
17,347 (1941)[5] |
| 6th | "Nord" | Germany | SS-Standartenführer Franz Schreiber | 1941–1945 |  |
21,247 (1942)[6] |
| 7th | "Prinz Eugen" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Schmidthuber | 1942–1945 |  |
21,120 (1943)[7] |
| 8th | "Florian Geyer" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Joachim Rumohr | 1942–1945 |  |
13,000 (1944)[8] |
| 9th | "Hohenstaufen" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Sylvester Stadler | 1943–1945 |  |
19,611 (1943)[9] |
| 10th | "Frundsberg" | Germany | SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Roestel | 1943–1945 |  |
19,313 (1943)[10] |
| 11th | "Nordland" | Scandinavia (primarily Danes) | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Gustav Krukenberg | 1943–1945 |  |
11,749 (1943)[11] |
| 12th | "Hitlerjugend" | Germany | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Hugo Kraas | 1943–1945 |  |
21,482 (1943)[12] |
| 13th | "Handschar" | Croatia | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Desiderius Hampel | 1943–1945 |  |
21,065 (1943)[13] |
| 14th | "Galizien" | Galicia | General (UNA) Pavlo Shandruk | 1944–1945 |  |
22,000 (1944)[14] |
| 15th | "Lettische Nr. 1" | Latvia | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Burk | 1942–1945 |  |
20,291 (1943)[15] |
| 16th | "Reichsführer-SS" | Germany | SS-Oberführer 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 und Generalleutnant derr Waffen-SS Bruno Streckenbach | 1944–1945 |  |
10,592 (1944)[19] |
| 20th | "Estnische Nr. 1" | Estonia | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Berthold Maack | 1944–1945 |  |
15,382 (1944)[20] |
| 21st | "Skanderbeg" | Albania | SS-Oberführer August Schmidthuber | 1944–1945 |  |
6,156 (1944)[21] |
| 22nd | "Maria Theresia" | Hungary | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Zehender | 1944–1945 |  |
8,000 (1944)[22] |
| 23rd | "Kama" | Croatia | SS-Oberführer Gustav Lombard | 1944 |  |
2,199 (1944)[23] |
| 23rd | "Nederland" | Netherlands | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS 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 und Generalleutnant derr Waffen-SS Josef Grassy | 1944–1945 |  |
15,000 (1944)[26] |
| 26th | "Hungaria" | Hungary | SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant derr Waffen-SS 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" aka infamous Kaminski Brigade |
Russian | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS 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" formed from "Russische Nr. 2" |
Belarusian | SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling | 1945 | |
|
| 31st | 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Böhmen-Mähren" | Hungary | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Gustav Lombard | 1944–1945 |  |
11,000 {1944} |
| 32nd | "30. Januar" | Germany | 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 |  |
[32] |
| 34th | "Landstorm Nederland" | Netherlands | SS-Oberführer Martin Kohlroser | 1945 |  |
[33] |
| 35th | SS and Police Grenadier Division | Germany | Oberst Rüdiger Pipkorn | 1945 |  |
[34] |
| 36th | "Dirlewanger" | Mixed | SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Fritz Schmedes | 1945 |  |
[35] |
| 37th | "Lützow" | Hungary | SS-Standartenführer Karl Gesele | 1945 |  |
[36] |
| 38th | "Nibelungen" | Germany | SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange | 1945 |  |
6000 [37] |
Also:
| Number | Division | Origin | Last commander | Operational | Symbol | Maximum manpower |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panzer Division Kempf a temporary unit of mixed Heer and Waffen-SS components |
Germany | 1939 | ||||
| 1st | 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division | Russian | Helmuth von Pannwitz | 1943–1945 |  |
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1982 "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1981 "Das Reich"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1980 "Totenkopf"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1979 "Polizei"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1978 "Wiking"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1974 "Nord"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1971 "Prinz Eugen"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1969 "Florian Geyer"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1968 "Hohenstaufen"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1967 "Frundsberg"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=42 "Nordland"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1963 "Hitlerjugend"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1960 "Handschar"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1959 "Galizien"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1958 "Lettische Nr. 1"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1943 "Reichsführer-SS"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1937 "Götz von Berlichingen"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1936 "Horst Wessel"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1934 "Lettische Nr. 2"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1931 "Estnische Nr. 1"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1927 "Skanderbeg"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1926 "Maria Theresia"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1925 "Kama"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1924 "Nederland"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1919 "Karstjäger"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1916 "Hunyadi"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1915 "Hungaria"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1914 "Langemarck"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1908 "Wallonien"
- ^ http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/rona.htm "RONA"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1901 "Italia"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=881 "Charlemagne"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=772 "Landstorm Nederland"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=767
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=766 "Dirlewanger"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=762 "Lützow"
- ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=761 "Nibelungen"
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