List of Waffen-SS divisions

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 File:1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler.svg 22,000 (1944)[2]
2nd Das Reich Germans Greater Germanic Reich 1939–1945 File:SS-Panzer-Division symbol.svg 19,021 (1941)[1]
3rd Totenkopf Germans Totenkopf 1939–1945 File:3rd SS Division Logo.svg 18,754 (1941)[1]
4th Polizei Germans Ordnungspolizei 1939–1945 File:4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division.svg 17,347 (1941)[1]
5th Wiking Germans, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Finns, Estonians, Dutch, Flemish, Walloons, and Swiss[3] Vikings 1940–1945 File:5th SS Division Logo.svg 19,377 (1941)[1]
6th Nord Germans North cardinal direction
(Operation Arctic Fox)		 1941–1945 File:6th SS Division Logo.svg 15,000 (1943)[1]
7th Prinz Eugen Germans, ethnic Germans from Banat, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania, small numbers of ethnic Croats and Albanians after 1943 Prince Eugene of Savoy 1941–1945 File:7th SS Division Logo.svg 18,000 (1943)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
8th Florian Geyer Germans Florian Geyer 1941–1945 File:8th SS Division Logo.svg 15,000 (1944)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
9th Hohenstaufen Germans Hohenstaufen dynasty 1943–1945 File:9th SS Division Logo.svg 19,611 (1943)
10th Frundsberg Germans Georg von Frundsberg 1943–1945 File:10th SS Divsion Logo.svg 19,313 (1943)
11th Nordland Germans, Romanian Germans, Swedes, Danes, and Norwegians Northland 1943–1945 File:11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division „Nordland“.svg 11,749 (1943)
12th Hitlerjugend Germans and 50 Italians after 8/9/1943 Hitler Youth 1943–1945 File:12th SS Division Logo.svg 21,482 (1943)
13th Handschar
(Kroatische Nr. 1)		 Bosniaks; Croats; Albanians; ethnic Germans from Croatia Khanjar dagger 1943–1945 File:13th Waffen Division of the SS vehicle symbol.png 21,000 (1943)[4]
14th Galizische Nr. 1 Ukrainians Galicia 1943–1945 File:Dyvizia Galychyna-rukav.svg 22,000 (1945)
15th Lettische Nr. 1 Latvians 1943–1945 File:15divss.svg 18,000 (1943)
16th Reichsführer-SS Germans Reichsführer-SS
(Heinrich Himmler)		 1943–1945 File:16th SS Division Logo.svg 17,500 (1943)
17th Götz von Berlichingen Germans and 500 italians after 8/9/43 Götz von Berlichingen 1943–1945 File:17th SS Division Logo.svg 18,354 (1944)
18th Horst Wessel Ethnic Germans from Hungary Horst Wessel 1944–1945 File:18th SS Division Logo.svg 11,000 (1944)
19th Lettische Nr. 2 Latvians 1944–1945 File:19th SS Division Logo.svg 11,000 (1944)
20th Estnische Nr. 1 Estonians 1944–1945 File:20th SS Division Logo.svg 15,000 (1944)
21st Skanderbeg
(Albanische Nr. 1)		 Albanians Skanderbeg 1944–1945 File:21st Waffen Division of the SS vehicle symbol.png 11,398 (1944)
22nd Maria Theresia Ethnic Germans from Hungary Maria Theresa 1944–1945 File:Cornflower Symbol of the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division.png 8,000 (1944)
23rd Kama
(Kroatische Nr. 2)		 Croats and Bosniaks Kama dagger 1944 File:23rd Waffen Mountain Division Vehicle Symbol.png 2,199 (1944)
23rd Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 1)		 Dutch Netherlands 1941–1945 File:23rd SS Division Logo "Nederland".svg 6,000 (1944)
24th Karstjäger Germans; ethnic German volunteers from Italy and Slovenia Karst topography 1942–1945 File:24th Waffen Division of the SS vehicle symbol.png 4,000 (1944)
25th Hunyadi
(Ungarische Nr. 1)		 Hungarians John Hunyadi 1944–1945 File:25. Waffen-SS-Division („Karstjäger”)(2. Version).svg 15,000 (1944)
26th Hungaria
(Ungarische Nr. 2)		 Hungarians Hungary 1944–1945 File:26th SS Division Logo.svg 10,000 (1944)
27th Langemarck
(Flämische Nr. 1)		 Flemish Battle of Langemarck (1917) 1943–1945 File:Shield of the Flemish Legion.svg 8,000 (1944)
28th Wallonien Walloons 1943–1945 File:Légion Wallonie (Walloon Legion).svg 5,000 (1944)
29th Italienische Nr. 1 Italians 1944–1945 File:29. Waffen-SS-Grenadier-Division („Italia“).svg 11,000 (1944)
30th Russische Nr. 2 aka Weißruthenische Nr. 1 Belarusians White Ruthenia 1944–1945 File:30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS.svg 11,000 (1944)
31st Batschka Ethnic Germans mostly from Hungary and Yugoslavia Bačka region 1944–1945 File:31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Black Version.png 11,000 (1944)
32nd 30. Januar Germans Date of Hitler becoming Chancellor (also date of formation) 1945 File:32. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „30. Januar”.svg 12,000 (1945)[5]
33rd Ungarische Nr. 3 Hungarians 1944–1945 File:33th SS Division Logo.svg
33rd Charlemagne
(Französische Nr. 1)		 French Charlemagne 1944–1945 File:Foreign France shield.svg 11,000 (1944)
34th Landstorm Nederland
(Niederländische Nr. 2)		 Dutch Netherlands Landsturm 1943–1945 File:34th SS Division Logo.svg
35th Polizei-Grenadier Germans Ordnungspolizei 1945 File:35divss.svg
36th Dirlewanger Germans Oskar Dirlewanger 1945 File:Dirlewanger Crossed Grenades symbol.svg 5,000 (1945)
37th Lützow Germans;
ethnic Germans from Hungary		 Adolf von Lützow 1945 File:Symbol of the 37. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division.svg
38th Nibelungen Germans Nibelung 1945 File:38th SS Division Logo.svg 7,000

Also

Number Division Name
(in German)		 Ethnic composition Named after Years Active Insignia Maximum Manpower
— KempfTemplate:Efn Germans General der Panzertruppe
Werner Kempf		 1939 File:Coats of arms of None.svg 164–180 tanks
— Böhmen-MährenTemplate:Efn Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 1944–1945 File:Kampfgruppe Böhmen-Mähren Division Logo.png
1st Kosaken Nr. 1 Cossacks 1943–1945 File:1st Cossacks Division.svg 17,500Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
— RONA
(Russische Nr. 1)		 Russians Russian National Liberation Army (RONA) 1944 File:RONA1.svg 13,000 (1943)
— Rumänische Nr. 1 Romanians 1944–1945 File:Romanian SS Shield.png 12,000

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Notes and references

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