List of Waffen-SS units
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This is an incomplete list of Waffen-SS units.
Waffen-SS armies
[edit ]| Unit Name | Engagements | Notable Commanders | Parent Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th SS Panzer Army | Western and Eastern Front | Sepp Dietrich | OB West, Heeresgruppe Süd |
| 11th SS Panzer Army | Eastern Front, Operation Solstice | Felix Steiner | OB West |
Waffen-SS corps
[edit ]- I SS Panzer Corps
- II SS Panzer Corps
- III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
- IV SS Panzer Corps (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps)
- V SS Mountain Corps
- VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)
- VII SS Panzer Corps (see above ↑ IV SS Panzer Corps)
- VIII SS Cavalry Corps (planned in 1945 but not formed)
- IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian)
- X SS Corps (made up of disbanded XIV SS Corps headquarters)
- XI SS Panzer Corps
- XII SS Corps
- XIII SS Army Corps
- XIV SS Corps – (see above ↑ X SS Corps)
- XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
- XVI SS Corps
- XVII Waffen Corps of the SS (Hungarian)
- XVIII SS Corps
- SS Medical Corps
- Serbian Volunteer Corps (classified SS by 1944)
- British Free Corps
- Free Corps Denmark
Waffen-SS divisions
[edit ]Main article: List of Waffen-SS divisions
- 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
- 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" (previously SS Division "Verfügungs", later SS Panzergrenadier Division "Das Reich")
- 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division "Totenkopf")
- 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Polizei"
- 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division "Wiking")
- 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord"
- 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"
- 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"
- 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen"
- 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"
- 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"
- 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"
- 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian)
- 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (unofficially known as "Galizien")
- 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)
- 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS"
- 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
- 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"
- 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
- 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
- 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian)
- 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Maria Theresia"
- 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (2nd Croatian)
- 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland" (1st Dutch) (formed after the dissolution of the 23rd "Kama" Division)
- 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Karstjäger"
- 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian)
- 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hungaria" (2nd Hungarian)
- 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Langemarck" (1st Flemish)
- 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Wallonien"
- 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian)
- 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) (formed after the disbanding of the 29th "1st Russian" Division)
- 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)
- 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian)
- 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
- 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar"
- 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)
- 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne" (1st French)
- 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland"
- 35th SS-Police Grenadier Division
- 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Dirlewanger"
- 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Lützow"
- 38th SS Grenadier Division "Nibelungen"
Also:
- SS-Main District Bohemia-Moravia (see above ↑ note)
- Panzer Division "Kempf", a temporary unit of mixed Heer and Waffen-SS components
- 1st Cossack Cavalry Division
- 26th SS Panzer Division (brigade size only, division title used as deception)
- 27th SS Panzer Division (brigade size only, division title used as deception)
Waffen-SS brigades
[edit ]Main article: List of Waffen-SS brigades
- 1st SS Infantry Brigade
- 2nd SS Infantry Brigade
- 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade
- 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade "Nederland"
- 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "Wallonien", see Walloon Legion
- 6th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "Langemarck"
- Assault Brigade "Reichsführer SS"
- 8th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "France"
- SS Cavalry Brigade
- SS Brigade Westfalen
- Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling
- SS Assault Brigade "Dirlewanger"
- SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 aka the 26th SS Panzer Division (brigade size only, division title used as deception)
- SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 aka the 27th SS Panzer Division (brigade size only, division title used as deception)
- SS Panzer Brigade 150
- SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade "Landstorm Nederland"
Waffen-SS foreign legions
[edit ]Main article: Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
- Azerbaijani SS volunteer formations
- British Free Corps
- Breton SS Armed Formation
- Norwegian Legion
- Estonian Legion
- Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
- Free Corps Denmark
- Indian Legion
- Kaminski Brigade
- Latvian Legion
- Serbian Volunteer Corps
- Tatar Legion
- Waffen Grenadier Regiment of the SS (1st Bulgarian) (1944)
- Waffen Grenadier Regiment of the SS (1st Romanian) (1944)
- Free Arabian Legion
