List of Waffen-SS divisions

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]}

Waffen-SS divisions by number

Number	Division name	Ethnic origin	Last commander	Years active	Divisional insignia	Maximum manpower
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
	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

Notes and references

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v t e Waffen-SS divisions
Panzer	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend SS Heavy Panzer Battalions
Panzergrenadier	11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
Mountain	6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
Cavalry	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
Infantry	14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen
Police	4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division
Deception Divisions	26th SS Panzer Division 27th SS Panzer Division
Lists	Divisional commanders Divisions
Category

v t e Schutzstaffel (SS)
Branches	Allgemeine SS Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) Waffen-SS
Leadership	Reichsführer-SS SS and Police Leader SS personnel SS commands
Leaders	Julius Schreck Joseph Berchtold Erhard Heiden Heinrich Himmler Karl Hanke
Main departments	Office of the Reichsführer-SS Head Administrative Office Head Operational Office Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) Economics and Administration Office Office of Race and Settlement (RuSHA) Main Office for Ethnic Germans (VOMI) Office of the Reich Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV) Courts Office Personnel Office Education Office
Ideological institutions	Ahnenerbe Das Schwarze Korps SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz Lebensborn
Police and security services	Regular uniform police (Orpo) Criminal police (Kripo) Secret State police (Gestapo) State Security police (SiPo) SS Security Service (SD)
Führer protection	SS-Begleitkommando des Führers Reichssicherheitsdienst
Paramilitary units	Einsatzgruppen Ypatingasis būrys Lithuanian Security Police Rollkommando Hamann Arajs Kommando Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Ukrainian collaboration Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz Trawnikis
Waffen-SS divisions	Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) Leibstandarte (LSSAH) Totenkopf-Division Polizei-Division
Foreign SS units	Germanic-SS Germaansche SS in Nederland Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen Germanske SS Norge Schalburg Corps Britisches Freikorps Europäische Freiwillige S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon
SS-controlled enterprises	Ostindustrie Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke DEST Allach porcelain Apollinaris Mattoni Sudetenquell Anton Loibl
SS Awards	Ehrendegen Reichsführer-SS Totenkopfring
Ranks, uniforms and insignia	Uniforms and insignia of the SS Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS Ranks and insignia of the Orpo Corps colours of the Waffen-SS

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