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There were many units making up the Waffen-SS Order of Battle.
List of Waffen-SS divisions
The following is a list of the Waffen-SS that were divisions at least in name, it should be noted that several of the later ones were nowhere near division size.
1rst. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
2nd. SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich
3rd. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf
4th. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division
5th. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking
6th. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord
7th. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen
8th. SS-Kavallerie-Division Florian Geyer
9th. SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen
10th. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg
11th. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nordland
12th. Hitlerjugend division
13th. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar (kroatische Nr. 1)
14th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (ukrainische Nr. 1)
15th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 1)
16th. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS
17th. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen
18th. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel
19th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettisches Nr. 2)
20th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1)
21th. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Skanderbeg (albanische Nr. 1)
22th. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Maria Theresa
23th. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Kama (kroatische Nr. 2)
23th. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Nederland (niederlandische Nr. 1)
24th. Waffen-Gebirgs-(Karstjäger-)Division der SS
25th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS Hunyadi (ungarische Nr. 1)
26th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS Hungaria (ungarische Nr. 2)
27th. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Langemarck (flämische Nr. 1)
28th. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Wallonien
29th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr. 1)
29th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (italienische Nr. 1)
30th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr. 2)
30th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (weissruthenische Nr. 1)
31th. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division
32th. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division 30 Januar
33th. Waffen-Kavallerie-Division der SS (ungarnische Nr. 3)
33th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS Charlemagne (französische Nr. 1)
34th. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Landstorm Nederland
35th. SS- und Polizei-Grenadier-Division
36th. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
37th. SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division Lützow
38th. SS-Grenadier-Division Nibelungen
Descriptions of Divisions
1st Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Division
Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler ("Hitler's Bodyguard"): the original SS unit. Eventually expanded into a field regiment and a separate guard unit around Hitler. The field unit was a regiment at the time of the invasion of Poland, and was then expanded into an entire division. This eventually became a Panzergrenadier Mechanized Division and finally a Panzer Division. It was always given top-notch equipment.
2nd SS Das Reich Division
For the invasion of Poland, three SS regiments were grouped into a division, the Verfügungstruppe ("Special-purpose Troops"). After Poland, one regiment was sent to form another division, and a new third regiment was created; this became the 2nd SS Division Das Reich ("The Empire"). Like the 1st SS LAH, this was an elite unit, eventually becoming a Panzergrenadier Division and then a Panzer Division.
3rd SS Totenkopf Division
The 3rd SS Totenkopf Division ("Dead-man's-head", or "Skull-and-crossbones") was formed from concentration camp guards. It was elite, and given the best equipment, would reach Panzergrenadier and Panzer status with the 1st and 2nd. The Totenkopf saw action exclusively on the Eastern Front.
4th SS Polizei Division
The SS wanted more troops and formed this infantry division of non-SS policemen. Regarded as the poor relation of the first three, it eventually was motorized but was never elite.
9th SS Hohenstaufen Division
The Hohenstaufen was a full-strength SS Panzer division which served on the Eastern Front, in Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge.
10th SS Frundsberg Division
The Frundsberg was a full-strength SS Panzer Division.
12th SS Hitlerjugend Division
The Hitlerjugend division was formed in 1943 from Hitler Youth members born in 1926, with a cadre of officers and senior NCO's taken from the 1st SS. Like its' parent unit it soon earned its elite status. It was a full-strength Panzer division that fought in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge.
27th SS "Langemarck" Division
The SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Langemarck" was composed of Flemish recruits. It was ordered to be formed by Heinrich Himmler on September 18, 1944.
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