The German military performance during World War Two. Part III of the assessment of the fighting power of the Wehrmacht in WW2. back to Part II: Wehrmacht vs US Army German Performance against the Western Allies With the development and… learn more
German military performance against the Western Allies in France and on the German frontier in 1944. back to Part III: Military performance in Italy 1943-44 As Rommel had forecast, the ensuing three months after the Allied invasion in Normandy on… learn more
Creation, organization, commanders, actions, particularities and the end of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler. Designations SS-Stabswache Berlin (March 17, 1933) SS-Sonderkommando Berlin (May 8, 1933) SS-Sonderkommando Zossen (May 10, 1933) SS-Sonderkommando Jüterborg (July 8, 1933) Adolf Hitler Standarte… learn more
1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler (Part II) The campaigns of the LSSAH. back to PART I: Designations, Commanders, Creation, Organization, Particularities and the End of LSSAH Campaigns Campaigns 1938-1941: The motorized infantry regiment ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’ participated in the invasion of… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 1 – 3 (LAH, Reich, Totenkopf) Between early 1943 and until the end of World War II the ‘Order of Battle’ of the Waffen-SS rose from 8 to 38 divisions with nearly one million men.… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 4 – 6 (Polizei, Wiking, Nord) 4 SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Raised (as division) October 1940 (taken into Waffen-SS in February 1942). Commanders SS-Gruf. Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (until November 1940), SS-Brigaf. Schmedes (August to November 1944), SS-Staf. Harzer (until May… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 33 (3rd Hungarian) – 38 (Nibelungen) Several of this last nominal ‘divisions’ of the Waffen-SS fielded no more than a few hundred ill-equipped men scrambled together from Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) and bewildered foreigners, perhaps stiffened… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 26 (2nd Hungarian) – 32 (30 Januar) Many of the following listed divisions were purely fictitious, in the sense that orders for their formation and deployment seldom reflected their actual available strength or combat readiness.… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 20 (1st Estonian) – 25 (Hunyadi) In these numbers range of the Waffen-SS divisions there are also some lesser known and bizarre formations, in addition to some with high combat effectiveness. 20 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 13 (Handschar) – 19 (2nd Latvian) Bizarre as some of these formations on this page were, however, it must be remembered that the elite SS Panzer and Panzer-Grenadier Divisions represented Germany’s most effective troops in… learn more
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 7 (Prinz Eugen) – 12 (Hitlerjugend) The Waffen-SS divisions from this and the previous page were Germany’s most effective troops of WW2. 7 SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen Raised (as division) March 1942 (operational October 1942). The… learn more
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