List of Waffen-SS divisions

List of Waffen-SS divisions

All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. 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

List of Waffen-SS divisions

Number	Name (in German)	Ethnic composition	Named after	Years active	Insignia	Maximum manpower
1st	Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler	Germans	Life Regiment Adolf Hitler	1933–1945		22,000 (1944)
2nd	Das Reich	Germans	Greater Germanic Reich	1939–1945		19,021 (1941)
3rd	Totenkopf	Germans	Totenkopf	1939–1945		18,754 (1941)
4th	Polizei	Germans	Ordnungspolizei	1939–1945		17,347 (1941)
5th	Wiking	Germans, Norwegians, Danes, Swedes, Icelanders, Finns, Estonians, Dutch, Flemish, Walloons, and Swiss	Vikings	1940–1945		19,377 (1941)
6th	Nord	Germans, Norwegians, Swiss	North	1941–1945		15,000 (1943)
7th	Prinz Eugen	Germans, ethnic Germans from Banat, Croatia, Hungary, and Romania, Serbs	Prince Eugene of Savoy	1941–1945		18,000 (1943)
8th	Florian Geyer	Germans	Florian Geyer	1941–1945		15,000 (1944)
9th	Hohenstaufen	Germans	Hohenstaufen dynasty	1943–1945		19,611 (1943)
10th	Frundsberg	Germans	Georg von Frundsberg	1943–1945		19,313 (1943)
11th	Nordland	Germans; ethnic Germans from Romania; Swedes; Danes; Norwegians	Northland	1943–1945		11,749 (1943)
12th	Hitlerjugend	Germans	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)
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	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)
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	Oskar Dirlewanger (also the commander of the division)	1945		5,000 (1945)
37th	Lützow	Germans; ethnic Germans from Hungary	Adolf von Lützow	1945
38th	Nibelungen	Germans	Nibelung	1945		7,000

Also

<table><thead><tr><th>Number</th><th>Name (in German)</th><th>Ethnic composition</th><th>Named after</th><th>Years active</th><th>Insignia</th><th>Maximum manpower</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>—</td><td>Kempf</td><td>Germans</td><td>General der Panzertruppe Werner Kempf</td><td>1939</td><td></td><td>164–180 tanks</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>Böhmen-Mähren</td><td></td><td>Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia</td><td>1944–1945</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1st</td><td>Kosaken Nr. 1</td><td>Cossacks</td><td>1943–1945</td><td></td><td>17,500</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>RONA (Russische Nr. 1)</td><td>Russians</td><td>Russian People's Liberation Army (RONA)</td><td>1944</td><td></td><td>13,000 (1943)</td></tr><tr><td>—</td><td>Rumänische Nr. 1</td><td>Romanians</td><td>1944–1945</td><td></td><td>12,000</td></tr></tbody></table>