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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).
The designation "Light" (leichte in German) had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There were a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an ad hoc collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to help the Italians and ...
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
II SS Panzer Corps; 2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich; 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen; 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg; 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend; 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 21st Panzer Division; 94th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion ...
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was organized according to the above table, and served as a standard for all other SS panzer divisions during World War II. The average complement was approximately 19,000. However, only two out of seven SS panzer divisions contained that strength.
It grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, serving alongside the Heer (army), while never formally being a part of it. [5] Adolf Hitler did not want the Waffen-SS integrated into either the army or the state police. Instead it was to remain an independent force of military-trained men at the disposal of the Führer ...
This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. [1] The highest ranks of the combined SS ( German : Gesamt-SS ) was that of Reichsführer-SS and Oberster Führer der SS ; however, there was no Waffen-SS equivalent to these positions.