Many of the higher-numbered units were divisions in name only, being in reality only small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen). As a general rule, an "SS Division" is made up of mostly Germans, or other Germanic people, while a "Division of the SS" is …

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 …

All divisions in the Waffen-SS were ordered in a single series as formed, regardless of type. Those tagged with nationalities were at least nominally recruited from those nationalities. Many of the higher-numbered units were small battlegroups (Kampfgruppen), i.e., divisions in name only.

Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel were organizational titles used by the SS to describe the many groups, forces, and formations that existed within the SS from its inception in 1923 to the eventual fall of Nazi Germany in 1945.

2007年11月28日 · By far the majority of Waffen-SS divisions were not armored divisions and, in fact, there were NO armored divisions in the Waffen SS until late 1943. The Waffen-SS was not composed of pure Nordics and, in fact, less than half of …

All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recrui...

2025年1月19日 · The "SS-Division Verfügungstruppe", the SS-Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" and the "SS-Totenkopfdivision" were committed as part of the army during the German offensive in the West (Fall Gelb). Certain units were only held back in reserve.

2024年5月8日 · These are the first three divisions of the Waffen-SS: Originally set up as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard, the LSSAH became a full division in 1943. It fought on the eastern and western fronts and took part in major operations such as the Battle of …

When war broke out in 1939, Himmler commenced the formation into divisions of units of the SS, armed and trained for employment with the Army. Only two or three such divisions were formed...

These divisions are referred to as the classic Waffen-SS divisions, and they include the LSSAH, Das Reich, Totenkopf, the multi-national Wiking, the Hohenstaufen and Frundsberg, and the Hitlerjugend. While several other formations (e.g. the Nordland and Nord divisions) could also be considered elite, they are generally not referred to as ...