The Origins of the Waffen SS

After Hitler assumed the chancellery he required additional security. He appointed `Sepp Deitrich` to create an armed bodyguard. This became the SS Leibstandarte `Adolf Hitler`.
Following this in 1934 the SS-VT was formed and evolved to comprise three armed SS regiments
:

SS 1 Deutschland 1934
SS 2 Germania 1936
SS 3 Der Fuhrer 1938

A third branch of the armed SS was created the` TOTENKOPKVERBANDE` in 1936 to staff the concentration camps, which at this stage were used to hold political prisoners and similar `undesirables`. This comprised the following regiments:

SS Totenkofstandarte 1`Oberbayern`
SS Totenkofstandarte 2 `Brandendurg`
SS Totenkofstandarte 3 `Thuringen`
SS Totenkofstandarte 4 `Ostmark`


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Waffen SS Divisions
1939-45

 

Symbol

Division

Formed
MKnights Cross`s
Awarded

1st SS Panzer Division. ( Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Division)
Strength 22,000

 

1942
58

2nd SS Panzer Division ( Das Reich Division )
Strength

1939
69

3rd SS Panzer Division ( Totenkoph Division )

Strength 14000

1939
47

4th SS Panzer Grenadier Division ( SS - Polizei )
Strength 9000

1939
25

5th SS Panzer Division ( Wiking Division )
Strength 14800

1940
55

6th SS Gebirgs Division (Nord Division )
Strength 15000

1941
4

7th SS Freiwilligen - Gebirgs Division (Prinz Eugen Division)
Strength 20000

1942
6

8th SS Kavallerie Division ( Florin Geyer Division )
Strength 13000

1942
22

9th SS Panzer Division ( The Hohenstaufen Division )
Strength 19000

1943
12

10th SS Panzer Division (Frundsberg Division )
Strength 15000

1943
13

11th SS Freiwilligen - Panzergrenadier Division ( Nordland Division )
Strength
9000

1943
25

12th SS Panzer Division ( Hitlerjugend )
Strength 19500

1943
14

13th Waffen - Gebirgs Division Der SS( Handschar Division )
Strength 12700

1943
4

14th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS ( Ukrainische NR 1 ) (1st Ukranian)
Strength 22000

1943
1

15th Waffen - Grenadier Division Der SS ( Lettische Nr 1 Division )
Strength 16800

1943
3

16th SS Panzer grenadier Division SS (Reichsfuhrer Division )
Strength 14000

1943
1

17th SS panzer Grenadier Division ( Gotz von Berlichingen )
Strength 3500

1943
4

18th SS Freiwilligen - Panzer Grenadier Division ( Horst Wessel Division )
Strength 11000

1944
2

19th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS( Lettiches 2nd Division)

1944
12

20th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS(Estniche 1st Division)
Strength 15500

1944
5

21st Waffen Gebirgs Division Der SS( Albanische 1st Division )
Strength 5000

1944
0

22nd Freiwilligen - Kavallerie SS Division ( Maria Theresia Division )
Strength 8000

1944
6

23rd Waffen - Gebirgs Division Der SS( Kama Division )

1944
0

24th SS Gibirgs Division Der SS (Karstjager Division )
Strength 3000

1944
0

25th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS( Hunyadi ungarische 1st Division )
Strength 15000

1944
0

26th Waffen grenadier Division Der SS (Hungaria ungarische 2nd Division )
Strength 13000

1945
0

27th SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division ( Langemark Flamische 1st Division )
Strength 7000

1944
1

28th SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division ( Wallonien Division )
Strength 4000

1944
3

29th Waffen grenadier Division Der SS(Russische Division )
Disbanded in late 1944, Number given to next

1944
0

ALSO a second 29th Division of the Waffen SS (Italian Division )
Strength 15000

-
0

30th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS ( Weissruthenische Division )
Strength 4500

1945
0

31st SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division
Strength 11000

1945
0

32nd SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division
Strength 2000

1945
2

33rd Waffen Kavallerie SS Division
Destroyed 1945 number given to next

1945
-

33rd Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS( Charlemagne Division )

1945
2

34th Waffen grenadier SS Division ( Landstorm Nederland Division )
Strength 7000

1945
3

35th SS Polizei Grenadier Division
Strength 5000

1945
0

36th Waffen Grenadier Division Der SS
Strength 6000

1945
1

37th SS Freiwilligen Kavallerie Division (Lutzow Division )
Strength 1000

1945
0

38th SS Grenadier Division ( Nibelungen )
Strength 1000

1945
0

 

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