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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).
Division: There were 38 full divisions established in the Waffen-SS. Many late war SS divisions never reached full strength, some no larger in reality than a battalion. Brigades: SS brigades were independently formed at the start of World War II, eventually merged into the higher divisions; Regiments: The main-stay combat unit of the Waffen-SS ...
31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, variously reported as being named Böhmen-Mähren (Bohemia-Moravia) (this division is not SS Kampfgruppe Division "Böhmen-Mähren", this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate after the Batschka Division) or Batschka
All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [185] A total of 39 were formed, beginning with the initial three in 1933 and ramping up to nine alone in 1945. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities.
All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series up to 38th, regardless of type. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities.
The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was created as the militarised wing of the Schutzstaffel (SS; "Protective Squadron") of the Nazi Party.Its origins can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men in 1933 by Sepp Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin, which became the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). [4]
21 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian) 22 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Maria Theresia" 23 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (2nd Croatian)
19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division; Volunteer Legion Netherlands; 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien; 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne; 34th ...