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 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 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 Netherlandsand 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 August Schmidthuber	1942-1945		21,120 (1943)[7]
8th	"Florian Geyer"	Germany	SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr	1942-1945		13,000 (1944)[8]
9th	"Hohenstaufen"	Germany	SS-Brigadeführer 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 Gustav Krukenberg	1943-1945		11,749 (1943)[11]
12th	"Hitlerjugend"	Germany	SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas	1943-1945		21,482 (1943)[12]
13th	"Handschar"	Croatia	SS-Brigadeführer 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 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 Bruno Streckenbach	1944-1945		10,592 (1944)[19]
20th	"Estnische Nr. 1"	Estonia	SS-Brigadeführer 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 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 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 Josef Grassy	1944-1945		15,000 (1944)[26]
26th	"Hungaria"	Hungary	SS-Gruppenführer 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 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	"Böhmen-Mähren"	Hungary	SS-Brigadeführer 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 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

[edit]Notes and references

1. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1982 "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"
2. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1981 "Das Reich"
3. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1980 "Totenkopf"
4. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1979 "Polizei"
5. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1978 "Wiking"
6. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1974 "Nord"
7. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1971 "Prinz Eugen"
8. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1969 "Florian Geyer"
9. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1968 "Hohenstaufen"
10. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1967 "Frundsberg"
11. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=42 "Nordland"
12. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1963 "Hitlerjugend"
13. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1960 "Handschar"
14. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1959 "Galizien"
15. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1958 "Lettische Nr. 1"
16. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1943 "Reichsführer-SS"
17. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1937 "Götz von Berlichingen"
18. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1936 "Horst Wessel"
19. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1934 "Lettische Nr. 2"
20. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1931 "Estnische Nr. 1"
21. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1927 "Skanderbeg"
22. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1926 "Maria Theresia"
23. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1925 "Kama"
24. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1924 "Nederland"
25. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1919 "Karstjäger"
26. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1916 "Hunyadi"
27. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1915 "Hungaria"
28. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1914 "Langemarck"
29. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1908 "Wallonien"
30. ^ http://www.warsawuprising.com/paper/rona.htm "RONA"
31. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=1901 "Italia"
32. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=881 "Charlemagne"
33. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=772 "Landstorm Nederland"
34. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=767
35. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=766 "Dirlewanger"
36. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=762 "Lützow"
37. ^ http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=761 "Nibelungen"