List of Waffen-SS units
This is an incomplete list of Waffen-SS units.
Waffen SS Armies
- 6th SS Panzer Army (April 2 - May 7, 1945)
- 11th SS Panzer Army (November 1944 - February 1945)
Waffen SS Corps
There were eighteen identified SS Corps.
- 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
Waffen SS Divisions
Main article: Waffen-SS divisions
- 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
- 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (previously SS Verfügungs Division: later SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich)
- 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf)
- 4th SS Polizei Division
- 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 Bohmen-Mahren, this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate later than 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), the last Waffen-SS unit during Battle of Berlin to defend Hitler's Führerbunker. The Division had been given its number after the "3rd Hungarian" division was destroyed in battle.
- 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
- 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division
- 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Dirlewanger - historically recognized as the most eminent criminal unit in the Waffen-SS
- 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow
- 38th SS Grenadier Division Nibelungen
Also:
- SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren see above note
- Panzer Division Kempf, a temporary unit of mixed Heer and Waffen-SS components.
- 1st Cossack Division
- 26th SS Panzer Division (Brigade size only, Division title used as a deception)
- 27th SS Panzer Division (Brigade size only, Division title used as a deception)
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 Sturmbrigade Wallonien
- 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck
- Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS
- 8th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France
- SS Cavalry Brigade
- SS Brigade Westfalen
- Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling
- SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger
- SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 aka 26th SS Panzer Division (Brigade size only, Division title used as a deception)
- SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 aka 27th SS Panzer Division (Brigade size only, Division title used as a deception)
- SS Panzer Brigade 150
- SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland
Waffen SS Foreign Legions
Main article: Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
- Armenische Legion (Armenian Waffen SS Volunteer Formation)
- Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations
- British Free Corps
- Den Norske Legion (Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen)
- Estonian Legion
- Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
- Frikorps Danmark
- Indische Legion
- Kaminski Brigade
- Latvian Legion
- SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger
- Tatar Legion
Other Waffen SS units
- SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101
- SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 102
- SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 103
- 500th SS Parachute Battalion
- 600th SS Parachute Battalion
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