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Divisions of the Waffen SS
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Divisions of the Waffen SS | |||
1st Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" - Guard Corps of the Fuhrer - German |
2nd Division "Das Reich" - German |
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3rd Division "Totenkopf" - German |
4th Division "Polizei I" - Elements from the Ordnungspolizei |
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5th Division "Wiking" - German, Dutch and Finnish |
6th Division "Nord" - Elements from the "Totenkopf" division and Volksdeutschen |
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7th Division "Prinz Eugen" - Volksdeutschen |
8th Division "Florian Geyer" - German |
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9th Division "Hohenstaufen" - German |
10th Division "Frundsberg" - German |
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11th Division "Nordland" - Danish, Norwegian and Dutch |
12th Division "Hitlerjugend" - Elements from the "Hitlerjugend" and "Leibstandarte" divisions |
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13th Division "Handschar" - Bosnian Muslim |
14th Division "Galicien" - Ruthenian and Galician |
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15th Division "Lettische I" - Latvian |
16th Division "Reichsfuhrer" - Elements from Himmler's Police and Guard Corps |
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17th Division "Gotz von Berlichingen" - German |
18th Division "Horst Wessel" - German and Volksdeutschen |
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19th Division "Lettische II" - Latvian |
20th Division "Estland" - Estonian |
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21st Division "Skanderberg" - Albanian |
22nd Division "Maria Theresa" - Volksdeutschen and Hungarian |
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23rd Division "Nederland" - Volksdeutschen and Dutch |
24th Division "Karstjager" - South Tyrolean, Italian and Slovakian |
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25th Division "Hunyadi" - Hungarian |
26th Division "Gombos" - Hungarian |
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27th Division "Langemark" - Flemish |
28th Division "Wallonie" - Wallonian |
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29th Division "Italien" - Italian |
30th Division "Weissruthenien" - Belarusian and Ruthenian |
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31st Division "Bohmen und Mahren" - Formed in the spring of 1945 with reserve troops from the SS |
32nd Division "30 Januar" - Formed in the spring of 1945 with reserve troops from the SS |
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33rd Division "Charlemagne" - French |
34th Division "Landstorm Nederland" - Dutch |
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35th Division "Polizei II" - Elements from the Ordnungspolizei |
36th Division "Dirlewanger" - German |
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37th Division "Lutzow" - Reserve troops from the SS plus elements from several nationalities |
38th Division "Nibelungen" - Formed in the spring of 1945 with students and personnel from the Bad Tolz SS Academy |
Armored Divisions |
Mountain Troops |
Cavalry |
Grenadiers |
Armored Grenadiers |
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They also served in the SS, besides the 38 aforementioned divisions, the following units: one Finnish battalion, one Estonian battalion, one Norwegian battalion, one Swiss battalion, one Serbian volunteer corps, one Russian shock brigade, two Georgian battalions, two Armenian battalions, the "Haroun el Rashid" Turkish battalion group, nine Tatar battalions, four Caucasian battalions, one Cossack infantry brigade, two Cossack cavalry brigades and the "Freies India" Indian legion, led by Chandra Bose. Finally, at the cessation of hostilities they were in formation the following units: "Reichsmarschall" armored division, "Feldherrnhalle" and "Wallenstein" armored grenadier divisions, "Niedersachsen" and "Warager" grenadier divisions, and "Andreas Hofer" alpine division. In total they fought under the symbol of the SS men of around twenty-five nationalities, among them Albanian, German, Armenian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Czechoslovak, Croatian, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Dutch, Indian, British, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish and Turkish. Note: The term "Volksdeutschen" indicates all of those German who, even if having resided abroad for several generations, had kept German customs and traditions, and continued being part of the German ethnical group. |
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