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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).
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
The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) was formed in March 1944 from Albanian and Kosovan volunteers, which as with other "eastern formations" were intended for use against "irregular forces". [113] A second Waffen-SS cavalry division followed in April 1944, the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia.
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 ...
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)
Of the 154 divisions deployed against the Soviet Union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer, 11 motorized, 9 security, 5 Waffen-SS, 4 "light", 4 mountain, 1 SS-police, and 1 cavalry. A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units: [4]
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 ...
SS-Freiwilligen b.h. Gebirgs-Division (Kroatien), but a short time later a change was made to differentiate it from those that were composed of Germans and it became the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) (German: 13. Waffen-Gebirgsdivision der SS "Handschar" (kroat.