List of Waffen-SS divisions

All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. ^[1] 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" is made up of mostly Germans, or other Germanic people, while a "Division of the SS" is made up of mostly non-Germanic volunteers.

Waffen-SS divisions by number

Number	Division Name (in German)	Ethnic composition	Named after	Years Active	Insignia	Maximum Manpower
1st	Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler	Germans and 300 Italians after 8/9/1943	Life Regiment Adolf Hitler	1933–1945		22,000 (1944) [2]
2nd	Das Reich	Germans	Greater Germanic Reich	1939–1945		19,021 (1941) [1]
3rd	Totenkopf	Germans	Totenkopf	1939–1945		18,754 (1941) [1]
4th	Polizei	Germans	Ordnungspolizei	1939–1945		17,347 (1941) [1]
5th	Wiking	Germans, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Finns, Estonians, Dutch, Flemish, Walloons, and Swiss [3]	Vikings	1940–1945		19,377 (1941) [1]
6th	Nord	Germans	North cardinal direction (Operation Arctic Fox)	1941–1945		15,000 (1943) [1]
7th	Prinz Eugen	Germans, ethnic Germans from Banat, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania, small numbers of ethnic Serbs, Croats and Albanians after 1943	Prince Eugene of Savoy	1941–1945		18,000 (1943)[ citation needed ]
8th	Florian Geyer	Germans	Florian Geyer	1941–1945		15,000 (1944)[ citation needed ]
9th	Hohenstaufen	Germans	Hohenstaufen dynasty	1943–1945		19,611 (1943)
10th	Frundsberg	Germans	Georg von Frundsberg	1943–1945		19,313 (1943)
11th	Nordland	Germans, Romanian Germans, Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians	Northland	1943–1945		11,749 (1943)
12th	Hitlerjugend	Germans and 50 italians after 8/9/1943	Hitler Youth	1943–1945		21,482 (1943)
13th	Handschar (Kroatische Nr. 1)	Bosniaks; Croats; Albanians; ethnic Germans from Croatia	Khanjar dagger	1943–1945		21,000 (1943) [4]
14th	Galizische Nr. 1	Ukrainians	Galicia	1943–1945		22,000 (1945)
15th	Lettische Nr. 1	Latvians		1943–1945		18,000 (1943)
16th	Reichsführer-SS	Germans	Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler)	1943–1945		17,500 (1943)
17th	Götz von Berlichingen	Germans and 500 italians after 8/9/43	Götz von Berlichingen	1943–1945		18,354 (1944)
18th	Horst Wessel	Ethnic Germans from Hungary	Horst Wessel	1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
19th	Lettische Nr. 2	Latvians		1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
20th	Estnische Nr. 1	Estonians		1944–1945		15,000 (1944)
21st	Skanderbeg (Albanische Nr. 1)	Albanians	Skanderbeg	1944–1945		11,398 (1944)
22nd	Maria Theresia	Ethnic Germans from Hungary	Maria Theresa	1944–1945		8,000 (1944)
23rd	Kama (Kroatische Nr. 2)	Croats and Bosniaks	Kama dagger	1944		2,199 (1944)
23rd	Nederland (Niederländische Nr. 1)	Dutch	Netherlands	1941–1945		6,000 (1944)
24th	Karstjäger	Germans; ethnic German volunteers from Italy and Slovenia	Karst topography	1942–1945		4,000 (1944)
25th	Hunyadi (Ungarische Nr. 1)	Hungarians	John Hunyadi	1944–1945		15,000 (1944)
26th	Hungaria (Ungarische Nr. 2)	Hungarians	Hungary	1944–1945		10,000 (1944)
27th	Langemarck (Flämische Nr. 1)	Flemish	Battle of Langemarck (1917)	1943–1945		8,000 (1944)
28th	Wallonien	Walloons		1943–1945		5,000 (1944)
29th	Italienische Nr. 1	Italians		1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
30th	Russische Nr. 2 aka Weißruthenische Nr. 1	Belarusians	White Ruthenia	1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
31st	Batschka	Ethnic Germans mostly from Hungary and Yugoslavia	Bačka region	1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
32nd	30. Januar	Germans	Date of Hitler becoming Chancellor (also date of formation)	1945		12,000 (1945) [5]
33rd	Ungarische Nr. 3	Hungarians		1944–1945
33rd	Charlemagne (Französische Nr. 1)	French	Charlemagne	1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
34th	Landstorm Nederland (Niederländische Nr. 2)	Dutch	Netherlands Landsturm	1943–1945
35th	Polizei-Grenadier	Germans	Ordnungspolizei	1945
36th	Dirlewanger	Germans	SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger	1940–1945		5,000 (1945)
37th	Lützow	Germans; ethnic Germans from Hungary	Adolf von Lützow	1945
38th	Nibelungen	Germans	Nibelung	1945		7,000

Also

Number	Division Name (in German)	Ethnic composition	Named after	Years Active	Insignia	Maximum Manpower
—	Kempf [a]	Germans	General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf	1939		164–180 tanks
—	Böhmen-Mähren [b]		Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia	1944–1945
1st	Kosaken Nr. 1	Cossacks		1943–1945		17,500[ citation needed ]
—	RONA (Russische Nr. 1)	Russians	Russian National Liberation Army (RONA)	1944		13,000 (1943)
—	Rumänische Nr. 1	Romanians		1944–1945		12,000

1. A temporary unit of mixed Heer and SS-Verfügungstruppe components.
2. A separate unit formed from training units in Bohemia and Moravia.

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

Notes and references

1. 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.
2. Kane, Steve (1997). The 1st SS Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Merriam Press. p. 7. ISBN   978-1-57638-068-0.
3. admin (2020-08-04). "5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" (History, Battles, Org, Service)". Feldgrau. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
4. Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. pp. 138–139. ISBN   978-0-7643-0134-6.
5. Williamson, Gordon (2012-03-20). The Waffen-SS (4): 24. to 38. Divisions, & Volunteer Legions. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 23. ISBN   978-1-78096-578-9.