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
NumberDivision Name
(in German)		Ethnic OriginLast CommanderYears ActiveInsigniaMaximum Manpower
1st Leibstandarte SS Adolf HitlerGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Otto Kumm		1933–194522,000 (1944)
2nd Das ReichGermansSS-Standartenführer
Karl Kreutz		1939–194519,021 (1941)[1]
3rd TotenkopfGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Hellmuth Becker		1939–194519,754 (1941)[1]
4th PolizeiGermansSS-Oberführer
Walter Harzer		1940–194517,347 (1941)[1]
5th WikingGermans, Norwegians, Danish, Swedes, Finns, Estonians, Dutch and FlemishSS-Oberführer
Karl Ullrich		1940–194519,377 (1941)[1]
6th NordGermansSS-Standartenführer
Franz Schreiber		1941–194515,000 (1943)[1]
7th Prinz EugenGermans, ethnic Germans from Banat, Independent State of Croatia, Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of RomaniaSS-Brigadeführer
August Schmidthuber		1942–194518,000 (1943)
8th Florian GeyerGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Joachim Rumohr		1941–194515,000 (1944)
9th HohenstaufenGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Sylvester Stadler		1943–194519,611 (1943)
10th FrundsbergGermansSS-Obersturmbannführer
Franz Roestel		1943–194519,313 (1943)
11th NordlandPrimarily Scandinavian (Swedes, Danish and Norwegian) volunteersSS-Brigadeführer
Gustav Krukenberg		1943–194511,749 (1943)
12th HitlerjugendGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Hugo Kraas		1943–194521,482 (1943)
13th Handschar
(Kroatische Nr. 1)		Bosniaks, Croats, Albanians and ethnic Germans from CroatiaSS-Brigadeführer
Desiderius Hampel		1943–194521,000 (1943)[2]
14th Galizische Nr. 1Ukrainians from Galicia, General GovernmentGeneral
Pavlo Shandruk		1944–194517,000 (1944)
15th Lettische Nr. 1LatviansSS-Brigadeführer
Karl Burk		1943–194518,000 (1943)
16th Reichsführer-SSGermansSS-Oberführer
Otto Baum		1943–194517,500 (1943)
17th Götz von BerlichingenGermansSS-Oberführer
Georg Bochmann		1943–194518,354 (1944)
18th Horst WesselEthnic Germans from HungarySS-Standartenführer
Heinrich Petersen		1944–194511,000 (1944)
19th Lettische Nr. 2LatviansSS-Gruppenführer
Bruno Streckenbach		1944–194511,000 (1944)
20th Estnische Nr. 1EstoniansSS-Brigadeführer
Berthold Maack		1944–194515,000 (1944)
21st Skanderbeg
(Albanische Nr. 1)		AlbaniansSS-Oberführer
August Schmidthuber		1944–19459,156 (1944)
22nd Maria TheresiaEthnic Germans from HungarySS-Brigadeführer
August Zehender		1944–19458,000 (1944)
23rd Kama
(Kroatische Nr. 2)		Croats and BosniaksSS-Oberführer
Gustav Lombard		19442,199 (1944)
23rd Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 1)		DutchSS-Brigadeführer
Jürgen Wagner		19456,000 (1944)
24th KarstjägerGermans and Ethnic German volunteers from the Kingdom of Italy and SloveniaSS-Oberführer
Adolf Wagner		1944–19454,000 (1944)
25th Hunyadi
(Ungarische Nr. 1)		HungariansSS-Gruppenführer
Josef Grassy		1944–194515,000 (1944)
26th Hungaria
(Ungarische Nr. 2)		HungariansSS-Gruppenführer
Josef Grassy		1944–194510,000 (1944)
27th Langemarck
(Flämische Nr. 1)		FlemishSS-Standartenführer
Thomas Müller		1944–19458,000 (1944)
28th WallonienWalloonsSS-Standartenführer
Léon Degrelle		1944–19455,000 (1944)
29th RONA
(Russische Nr. 1)		Russians of the USSRSS-Brigadeführer
Christoph Diehm		194413,000 (1943)
29th Italienische Nr. 1ItaliansSS-Oberführer
Erwin Tzschoppe		194511,000 (1944)
30th Russische Nr. 2 aka Weißruthenische Nr. 1BelarusiansSS-Standartenführer
Hans Siegling		1944–194511,000 (1944)
31st BatschkaEthnic Germans mostly from BačkaSS-Brigadeführer
Gustav Lombard		1944–194511,000 {1944}
32nd 30. JanuarGermansSS-Standartenführer
Hans Kempin		1945
33rd Ungarische Nr. 3HungariansSS-Oberführer
László Deák		1945
33rd Charlemagne
(Französische Nr. 1)		FrenchSS-Standartenführer
Walter Zimmermann		194511,000 (1944)
34th Landstorm Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 2)		DutchSS-Oberführer
Martin Kohlroser		1945
35th Polizei-GrenadierGermansOberst
Ruediger Pipkorn		1945
36th DirlewangerGermansSS-Brigadeführer
Fritz Schmedes		19455,000 (1945)
37th LützowGermans and Ethnic Germans from HungarySS-Standartenführer
Karl Gesele		1945
38th NibelungenGermansSS-Standartenführer
Martin Stange		19457,000

Also:

NumberDivision Name
(in German)		Ethnic OriginLast CommanderYears ActiveInsigniaMaximum Manpower
— Kempf
A temporary unit of mixed Heer and SS-Verfügungstruppe components.		GermansGeneral der Panzertruppe
Werner Kempf		1939164–180 tanks
— Böhmen-Mähren
A separate unit formed from training units in Bohemia and Moravia.		SS-Obergruppenführer
Karl Hermann Frank		1944–1945
1st Kosaken Nr. 1Russians (Cossacks)Generalleutnant
Helmuth von Pannwitz		1943–194517,500

See also

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. 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.
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