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.

Waffen-SS divisions by number

Number Division Name
(in German)		 Ethnic Origin Last Commander Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower
1st Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Germans SS-Brigadeführer
Otto Kumm		 1933–1945 10,796 (1941)[1]
2nd Das Reich Germans SS-Standartenführer
Karl Kreutz		 1939–1945 19,021 (1941)[1]
3rd Totenkopf Germans SS-Brigadeführer
Hellmuth Becker		 1939–1945 19,754 (1941)[1]
4th Polizei Germans SS-Oberführer
Walter Harzer		 1940–1945 17,347 (1941)[1]
5th Wiking Germans and volunteers from Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Flanders SS-Oberführer
Karl Ullrich		 1940–1945 19,377 (1941)[1]
6th Nord Germans SS-Standartenführer
Franz Schreiber		 1941–1945 10,573 (1941)[1]
7th Prinz Eugen Germans and ethnic Germans from the Banat, the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), Hungary and Romania SS-Brigadeführer
August Schmidthuber		 1942–1945 21,120 (1943)
8th Florian Geyer Germans and ethnic Germans from Siebenbürgen (Transylvania) and Banat (Serbia). SS-Brigadeführer
Joachim Rumohr		 1941–1945 13,000 (1944)
9th Hohenstaufen Germans SS-Brigadeführer
Sylvester Stadler		 1943–1945 19,611 (1943)
10th Frundsberg Germans SS-Obersturmbannführer
Franz Roestel		 1943–1945 19,313 (1943)
11th Nordland Primarily Nordic volunteers SS-Brigadeführer
Gustav Krukenberg		 1943–1945 11,749 (1943)
12th Hitlerjugend Germans SS-Brigadeführer
Hugo Kraas		 1943–1945 21,482 (1943)
13th Handschar
(Kroatische Nr. 1)		 Bosniaks, Croats, Ethnic Germans from Croatia SS-Brigadeführer
Desiderius Hampel		 1943–1945 17,000 (1944)
14th Galizische Nr. 1 Ukrainians from Galicia General
Pavlo Shandruk		 1944–1945 22,000 (1944)
15th Lettische Nr. 1 Latvians SS-Brigadeführer
Karl Burk		 1942–1945 20,291 (1943)
16th Reichsführer-SS Germans SS-Oberführer
Otto Baum		 1943–1945 14,223 (1943)
17th Götz von Berlichingen Germans 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 Lettische Nr. 2 Latvians SS-Gruppenführer
Bruno Streckenbach		 1944–1945 20,592 (1944)
20th Estnische Nr. 1 Estonians SS-Brigadeführer
Berthold Maack		 1944–1945 15,000 (1944)
21st Skanderbeg
(Albanische Nr. 1)		 Albanians SS-Oberführer
August Schmidthuber		 1944–1945 9,156 (1944)
22nd Maria Theresia Ethnic Germans from Hungary SS-Brigadeführer
August Zehender		 1944–1945 8,000 (1944)
23rd Kama
(Kroatische Nr. 2)		 Croats and Bosniaks SS-Oberführer
Gustav Lombard		 1944 2,199 (1944)
23rd Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 1)		 Dutch SS-Brigadeführer
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
(Ungarische Nr. 1)		 Hungarians SS-Gruppenführer
Josef Grassy		 1944–1945 15,000 (1944)
26th Hungaria
(Ungarische Nr. 2)		 Hungarians SS-Gruppenführer
Josef Grassy		 1944–1945 13,000 (1944)
27th Langemarck
(Flämische Nr. 1)		 Flemish SS-Standartenführer
Thomas Müller		 1944–1945 7,000 (1944)
28th Wallonien Walloons SS-Standartenführer
Léon Degrelle		 1944–1945 4,000 (1944)
29th RONA
(Russische Nr. 1)		 Russian-speaking citizens of USSR SS-Brigadeführer
Christoph Diehm		 1944 15,000 (1943)
29th Italienische Nr. 1 Italians SS-Oberführer
Erwin Tzschoppe		 1945 15,000 (1944)
30th Russische Nr. 2 aka Weißruthenische Nr. 1 Belarusians SS-Standartenführer
Hans Siegling		 1944–1945 11,000 (1944)
31st Batschka Volksdeutsche mostly from the Bačka SS-Brigadeführer
Gustav Lombard		 1944–1945 11,000 {1944}
32nd 30. Januar Germans SS-Standartenführer
Hans Kempin		 1945
33rd Ungarische Nr. 3 Hungarians SS-Oberführer
László Deák		 1945
33rd Karl der Große
(Französische Nr. 1)		 French SS-Standartenführer
Walter Zimmermann		 1945 11,000 (1944)
34th Landstorm Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 2)		 Dutch SS-Oberführer
Martin Kohlroser		 1945
35th Polizei-Grenadier Germans Oberst
Ruediger Pipkorn		 1945
36th Dirlewanger Germans, Ukrainians, Russians SS-Brigadeführer
Fritz Schmedes		 1945 4,000 (1945)
37th Lützow Hungarians SS-Standartenführer
Karl Gesele		 1945
38th Nibelungen Germans SS-Standartenführer
Martin Stange		 1945 6,000

Also:

Number Division Name
(in German)		 Ethnic Origin Last Commander Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower
— Kempf
A temporary unit of mixed Heer and SS-Verfügungstruppe components		 Germans General der Panzertruppe
Werner Kempf		 1939 164-180 tanks
— SS Kampfgruppe Division Bohmen-Mahren, this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate after the Batschka Division) or Batschka. Karl Hermann Frank 1944-1945
1st Kosakken Nr. 1 Russians Generalleutnant
Helmuth von Pannwitz		 1943–1945 17,500

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g George H. Stein (1984). "Operation Barbarossa". The Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939-1945. Cornell University Press. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0801492750.
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