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.

Further information: List of Waffen-SS units

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		19,000 (1944)
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, Norwegians, Danish, Swedes, Finns, Estonians, Dutch and Flemish	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, Hungarians, Croats, Serbs and ethnic Germans from Banat, Independent State of Croatia, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Romania	SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidthuber	1942–1945		18,000 (1943)
8th	Florian Geyer	Germans and ethnic Germans from Siebenbürgen (Transylvania) and Banat (Serbia).	SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr	1941–1945		15,000 (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 Scandinavian (Swedes, Danish and Norwegian) 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 and ethnic Germans from Croatia	SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel	1943–1945		17,000 (1944)
14th	Galizische Nr. 1	Ukrainians from Galicia, General Government	General Pavlo Shandruk	1944–1945		17,000 (1944)
15th	Lettische Nr. 1	Latvians	SS-Brigadeführer Karl Burk	1943–1945		18,000 (1943)
16th	Reichsführer-SS	Germans	SS-Oberführer Otto Baum	1943–1945		17,500 (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		11,000 (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	Germans and Ethnic German volunteers from the Kingdom of Italy and Slovenia	SS-Oberführer Adolf Wagner	1944–1945		4,000 (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		10,000 (1944)
27th	Langemarck (Flämische Nr. 1)	Flemish	SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller	1944–1945		8,000 (1944)
28th	Wallonien	Walloons	SS-Standartenführer Léon Degrelle	1944–1945		5,000 (1944)
29th	RONA (Russische Nr. 1)	Russians of the USSR	SS-Brigadeführer Christoph Diehm	1944		13,000 (1943)
29th	Italienische Nr. 1	Italians	SS-Oberführer Erwin Tzschoppe	1945		11,000 (1944)
30th	Russische Nr. 2 aka Weißruthenische Nr. 1	Belarusians	SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling	1944–1945		11,000 (1944)
31st	Batschka	Ethnic Germans mostly from Bačka (South Tyroleans)	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	Charlemagne (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	SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes	1945		5,000 (1945)
37th	Lützow	Germans and Ethnic Germans from Hungary	SS-Standartenführer Karl Gesele	1945
38th	Nibelungen	Germans	SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange	1945		7,000

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
—	Böhmen-Mähren A separate unit formed from training units in Bohemia and Moravia.		SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Frank	1944–1945
1st	Kosaken Nr. 1	Russians (Cossacks)	Generalleutnant Helmuth von Pannwitz	1943–1945		17,500

See also

• Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle (for General SS commands and formations)
• Organisation of a SS Panzer Division
• Register of SS-Leaders in general's rank

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.