List of divisions of the Wehrmacht and the SS troops

• him Grenadier is a Grenadier, traditional term for heavy infantry.
• him Jäger - Jäger, the traditional term for light infantry (literally "hunter", "hunting").
• him Lehr - educational (literally "teaching").
• him Nummer - "number" (see the description below, in the list of infantry divisions).
• him Panzer - armored, tank, related to armored vehicles (literally "armor").
• him Sturm - assault, assault or attacking squad.
• him Volks - popular (can be interpreted as a militia).
• him zbV is an abbreviation ( German: “zur besonderen Verfügung” ), almost corresponding to the Russian concept of “special”.

Tank Divisions

Tank divisions

Inverted German " Tiger-I " in a road ditch and passing American truck. Italy , north of Rome , June 18, 1944 .

• 1st Panzer Division
• 2nd Panzer Division
• 3rd Panzer Division
• 4th Panzer Division
• 5th Panzer Division
• 6th Panzer Division (former 1st Light Division )
• 7th Panzer Division (former 2nd Light Division )
• 8th Panzer Division (former 3rd Light Division )
• 9th Panzer Division (former 4th Light Division )
• 10th Panzer Division
• 11th Panzer Division
• 12th Panzer Division (former 2nd Infantry Division (motorized) )
• 13th Panzer Division (former 13th Infantry Division (motorized) ; subsequently the Feldhornhalle 2 Panzer Division)
• 14th Panzer Division (former 4th Infantry Division )
• 15th Panzer Division (former 33rd Infantry Division ; later 15th Panzer Grenadier Division )
• 16th Panzer Division (former 16th Infantry Division )
• 17th Panzer Division (former 27th Infantry Division )
• 18th Panzer Division (later 18th Artillery Division )
• 19th Panzer Division (formerly 19th Infantry Division )
• 20th Panzer Division
• 21st Panzer Division (formerly 5th Light Division )
• 22nd Panzer Division
• 23rd Panzer Division
• 24th Panzer Division (former 1st Cavalry Division )
• 25th Panzer Division
• 26th Panzer Division (former 23rd Infantry Division )
• 27th Panzer Division
• The 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" ( German "Windhund" - "Greyhound") (the former 16th Panzer Grenadier Division and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division )
• 130th Training Tank Division (often referred to as simply Training Tank Division)
• 155th reserve tank division (former division Nr. 155, division Nr. 155 (motorized), tank division Nr.155)
• 178th reserve tank division
• 179th Reserve Tank Division (former Division Nr.179, Division Nr.179 (motorized), Panzer Division Nr.179)
• 232nd Tank Division (former Tatra Training Tank Division)
• 233rd tank division (former division Nr.233 (motorized), 233rd motorized infantry division, 233rd tank division, 233rd reserve tank division; subsequently Clausewitz tank division )
• 273rd Reserve Tank Division

Nominal Tank Divisions

• The 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" (German "Windhund" - "Greyhound") (the former 16th Panzer Grenadier Division and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division)
• Tank Division "Holstein" ( it. "Holstein" ) (completely unformed, became part of the 18th motorized infantry division )
• Panzer Division "Kempf" ( it. "Kempf" ) (partly army, partly SS troops )
• Tank Division "Clausewitz" ( it. "Clausewitz" ) (former 233rd Panzer Division)
• Panzer Division "Kurmark" ( it. "Kurmark" ) (in fact, was a motorized infantry division "Kurmark")
• Panzer Division "Müncheberg" ( it. "Müncheberg" )
• Panzer Division "Norway" ( it. "Norwegen" ) (completely unformed, joined the 25th Panzer Division )
• Tank Division "Silesia" ( it. "Schlesien" ) (not fully formed, became part of the 18th motorized infantry division )
• Tatry Panzer Division ( “Tatra” ) (later the Tatra Training Panzer Division)
• Training tank division ( it. "Lehr" )
• Tatra Training Tank Division ( “Tatra” ) (formerly: Tatry Tank Division; later 232nd Tank Division)
• Tank Division "Feldhernhalle 1" ( it. "Feldherrnhalle" ) (former motorized infantry division "Feldhernhalle")
• Panzer Division "Feldhernhalle 2" ( it. "Feldherrnhalle" ) (former 13th Panzer Division)
• Panzer Division "Uterbog" ( him. "Jüterbog" )

Light Divisions

The definition of “light” ( German leichte ) had several meanings in the German army during World War II. There were 5 light divisions ( German: Leichte-Division ): 4 of them were units of the pre-war type, the fifth division was formed “on the spot” from separate tank and motorized units, thrown into Africa to save the Italians. All five divisions were gradually reorganized into standard tank divisions.

• 1st Light Division (later 6th Panzer Division)
• 2nd Light Division (later 7th Panzer Division)
• 3rd Light Division (later 8th Panzer Division)
• 4th Light Division (later the 9th Panzer Division)
• 5th Light Division (later 21st Panzer Division)

Some other divisions were also "baptized" easy for various reasons; they are shown in the list of numbered infantry divisions.

Infantry Divisions

Division Typology

The basis of the army of the Wehrmacht was an infantry division. Of the 154 divisions deployed against the Soviet Union in 1941, together with reserves, 98 were infantry, 18 tank, 14 motorized, 9 guard, 5 SS troops, 4 light infantry, 4 mountain troops, 1 police SS and 1 - cavalry. A typical infantry division in June 1941 consisted of 17,734 men, which were included in the following units and subunits:

• three infantry regiments with headquarters and communications unit
  • three battalions
    • three infantry companies
    • one company of heavy weapons (heavy machine guns and mortars)
  • one company of anti-tank guns (motorized)
  • one company of infantry guns
  • one intelligence unit
• one anti-tank battalion
  • three companies (each with twelve 37-mm cannons)
• one artillery regiment
  • three battalions
    • three batteries
• one sapper battalion
• one communications battalion
• one field reserve battalion
• supply units, medical, veterinary, postal and police

German infantry divisions had different types, which was sometimes reflected in their names, but they all had through numbering. There were the following types of divisions:

• Grenadier ( Grenadier-Division ) - the honorary title, introduced in the summer of 1944 and served to raise morale; non-analogous to the Soviet "Guards". Gradually appropriated to all infantry divisions that suffered heavy losses and were withdrawn for replenishment to the rear, as well as new divisions formed on the basis of some surviving divisions of infantry divisions. It existed until October 1944, when all the Grenadier divisions were renamed the People's Grenadier Division ( German: Volksgrenadier ) (see below).
• Egerskaya ( him. Jäger-Division ) - so from the summer of 1942 began to be called the light infantry division (see below). In addition to the former light infantry divisions (except the 90th ), six more divisions were reformed (or re-formed): the 42nd , 104th , 114th , 117th , 118th , 200th . The personnel of the Chasseurs units wore a field cap with a visor instead of a cap, on the left side of which was attached a metal badge of rangers: an oak twig with three leaves and an acorn (by analogy with mountain arrows). A similar embroidered mark was worn on the right sleeve above the elbow. The troop color (the color details of the uniform — edging of shoulder straps, hats, buttonholes, etc.) of the rangers was different from the rest of the infantry and was the same as that of the mountain rangers — light green.
• Serf ( German Festungs-Division ) - a division of non-standard organization, used for the occupation and defense of a critical area or object. The smallest in size could consist of only two or three battalions .
• Light African (motorized) ( it. Leichte Afrika-Division (mot) ) - so called infantry divisions who fought in North Africa: the 90th , 164th , 999th . All of them had a different composition, similar to the infantry division (motorized), but with three infantry motorized regiments and with a shortened motorized rear (hence the name "light").
• Light Infantry ( German. Leichte-Infanterie-Division ) - was intended for operations in difficult terrain (forests, swamps, etc.) and therefore had a smaller number (infantry regiments only two), lightweight weapons and rear. It was a flat analogue of the mountain division. In the summer of 1942, six light infantry divisions ( 5th , 8th , 28th , 99th , 100th , 101st ) were renamed “Jaeger” (see above) as part of a general program for renaming compounds and parts. The name “light”, but with the replacement of the name “infantry” by “African (motorized)” (see above), was retained only by the 90th division. Another one - the 99th - in the autumn of 1941 was reformed into the 7th mountain .
• Motorized infantry - a division provided with full motor transport for all infantry and armaments. Usually were smaller in size compared to standard infantry divisions. Starting in 1943, the motorized infantry divisions began to be called motorized infantry ( Panzergrenadier ).
• Numbered divisions are a type of divisions that, in the course of hostilities, received various prefixes and designations added to the name, but, nevertheless, retained their order number with which they began the combat path. For example, the 179th division in the course of the reorganization was the 179th tank division.
• Guard ( him. Sicherungs-Division ) - was designed to protect the rear of the army and maintain the occupation regime. Standard organization did not have. As a rule, it consisted of 1-3 guard regiments (instead of one guard regiment there could be infantry) and a conglomerate of additional units, among which could be: a police tank company (from captured light tanks), a police regiment or battalion, a guard battalion, a Cossack (Russian ) a regiment, division or squadron, artillery regiment or division, hunting search teams (from various nationalities of the USSR), etc. Compiled, as a rule, by persons who, due to health or age restrictions, could not serve in the front line styah, as well as from former prisoners and representatives of the local population. Some divisions had to take part in hostilities at the front, as a result of breaking through the front or plugging holes in it, and, as a rule, with heavy losses for themselves. At various times the guard divisions were: the 52nd, 201st, 203rd, 207th, 213rd, 221st, 281st, 285th, 286th, 325th, 390th , 391st, 403rd, 444th, 445th, 454th divisions.
• Stationary ( it. Bodenständige ) - has a lack of transport, even to transport their own guns and stocks of ammunition and equipment. Many of these divisions received this prefix during combat operations on the Eastern Front and were sent west to serve as coast guard garrisons until the resources available or sufficient for restoring the mobility of these divisions were released or released.
• Motorized infantry (Panzergrenadier) ( German Panzergrenadier ) - since 1943, the so-called motorized infantry divisions .
• The People’s Grenadier ( German Volksgrenadier ) is a division of the reorganization of the last year of the war with reduced personnel and an improved supply of new weapons. Many previously destroyed or suffered heavy losses infantry divisions reformed and re-commissioned as a people's grenadier . They were the late evolution of the Grenadier Divisions ( German Grenadier-Division ), the People's Guard . Not to be confused with Volkshturm , the militia. Fought in the West.
• him zbV is an abbreviation of “zur besonderen Verfügung”, corresponds to the Russian phrase “special purpose”, was used in the German armed forces much more widely than in the Russian and Soviet (for example, the prefix zbV had not only special reconnaissance and sabotage units, but also ordinary infantry, tank and Other units that often had small differences in equipment, weapons, equipment, etc., such as "African" infantry units, tank battalions with only light tanks, parts with landing equipment, etc., are difficult to catch about).

As a rule, the divisions of the “late wave”, that is, formed after 1942, were inferior in their fighting qualities to the divisions formed earlier.

Numbered divisions

In this part of the article, the list of divisions is divided, for convenience, into groups of 100 numbers. In most cases, in the absence of information about a particular connection, it is indicated in the appropriate place in the list. However, gaps in the existing list may also mean that such a division did not exist.

1-100 divisions

• 1st Infantry Division
• 2nd Infantry Division (motorized) (later: 12th Panzer Division )
• 3rd Motorized Infantry Division (later 3rd 3rd Infantry Division )
• 4th Infantry Division (later: 14th Panzer Division )
• The 5th Infantry Division (later the 5th Light Infantry Division, the 5th Eger Division; the division is in no way connected with the 5th Light Division )
• 6th Infantry Division (later: 6th Grenadier Division , 6th National Grenadier Division )
• 7th Infantry Division
• 8th Infantry Division (later: 8th Light Infantry Division , 8th Chasseur Division )
• 9th Infantry Division (later: 9th National Grenadier Division )
• 10th Infantry Division (later: 10th Motorized Infantry Division , 10th Infantry Division )
• 11th Infantry Division
• 12th Infantry Division (later 12th Grenadier Division )
• 13th Infantry Division (motorized) (later 13th Panzer Division , Feldrrnhalle 2 Tank Division ) ( German Feldherrnhalle 2 )
• 14th Infantry Division (later 14th Motorized Infantry Division , then again the 14th Infantry Division)
• 14th Luftwaffe Infantry Division (later: 14th Luftwaffe Airborne Division )
• 15th Infantry Division
• 15th Motorized Infantry Division (formerly: 33rd Infantry Division , 15th Panzer Division )
• 16th Infantry Division (later distributed between the 16th Panzer Division and the 16th Motorized Infantry Division ; the latter is later: the 16th Motorized Infantry Division , the 116th Panzer Division )
• 16th Infantry Division of the Luftwaffe (later: 16th National Grenadier Division ). At first, this division was in the Luftwaffe as the 16th Luftwaffe airfield division .
• 17th Infantry Division
• 18th Infantry Division (later: 18th Motorized Infantry Division , 18th Motorized Infantry Division )
• 18th People's Grenadier Division (not relevant to the 18th Infantry Division )
• 19th Infantry Division (later: 19th Panzer Division )
• 19th Grenadier Division (later: 19th National Grenadier Division ). At first, this division was in the Luftwaffe as the 19th Luftwaffe airfield division (later it was renamed the 19th Luftwaffe Attack Division )
• 20th Motorized Infantry Division (later: 20th Motorized Infantry Division )
• 21st Infantry Division
• 22nd Infantry Division (later: 22nd Parachute Division , 22nd Grenadier Division )
• 23rd Infantry Division (later 26th Panzer Division ). After re-formation in the 26th tank division, some remnants of the 23rd infantry division entered the new 23rd infantry division.
• 24th Infantry Division
• 25th Infantry Division (later 25th Motorized Infantry Division , 25th Infantry Division )
• 26th Infantry Division (later 26th People’s Grenadier Division )
• 27th Infantry Division (later 17th Panzer Division )
• 28th Infantry Division (later 28th Jaeger Division )
• 29th Motorized Infantry Division (later 29th Motorized Infantry Division )
• 30th Infantry Division
• 31st Infantry Division (later 31st Grenadier Division , 31st People’s Grenadier Division )
• 32nd Infantry Division
• 33rd Infantry Division (later 15th Panzer Division , 15th Infantry Division )
• 34th Infantry Division
• The 35th Infantry Division (later the 35th National Grenadier Division )
• The 36th Infantry Division (later the 36th Motorized Infantry Division , then again the 36th Infantry Division, then the 36th Grenadier Division , and at the end of the 36th National Grenadier Division )

Data on the formation of the "37th Division" is missing.

• 38th Infantry Division
• 39th Infantry Division (later 41st Fortress Division , 41st Infantry Division )

Data on the formation of the "40th Division" is missing.

• 41st Infantry Division (formerly the 39th Infantry Division , 41st Fortress Division )
• 42th Chasseurs Division (formerly the 187th Reserve Division)

Data on the formation of the "43rd Division" is missing.

• 44th Infantry Division (later 44th Division Reichsgrenadier Hoch und Deutschmeister )
• 45th Infantry Division (later 45th Grenadier Division, 45th National Grenadier Division)
• 46th Infantry Division
• 47th Infantry Division (previously 156th Reserve Division; later 47th National Grenadier Division)
• The 48th Infantry Division (later the 48th National Grenadier Division)
• 49th Infantry Division
• 50th Infantry Division
• 52nd Infantry Division (later 52nd Guard Division)
• 56th Infantry Division
• 57th Infantry Division
• 58th Infantry Division
• 59th Infantry Division
• The 60th Infantry Division (later the 60th Infantry Division (motorized), the 60th Panzer Grenadier Division (in the process of re-formation, the name was changed to Feldherrnhalle ) ( Feldherrnhalle ))
• 61st Infantry Division (later 61st People’s Grenadier Division)
• 62nd Infantry Division (later 62nd Grenadier Division)
• 63rd Infantry Division - see ^[1]
• 64th Infantry Division
• 65th Infantry Division
• Data on the formation of the "66th Division" is missing.
• Data on the formation of the "67th Division" is missing.
• 68th Infantry Division
• 69th Infantry Division
• The 70th Infantry Division - formed from veterans suffering from gastric diseases, had the nickname “white bread division”
• 71st Infantry Division
• 72nd Infantry Division
• 73rd Infantry Division
• 74th Infantry Division - see ^[2]
• 75th Infantry Division
• 76th Infantry Division
• 77th Infantry Division
• 78th Infantry Division (later 78th Assault Division, 78th Grenadier Division, 78th People’s Grenadier Division, and at the end of the 78th Division of Volkshturm)
• 79th Infantry Division (79th People’s Grenadier Division)
• 80th Infantry Division
• 81st Infantry Division
• 82nd Infantry Division
• 83rd Infantry Division
• 84th Infantry Division
• 85th Infantry Division
• 86th Infantry Division
• 87th Infantry Division
• 88th Infantry Division
• 89th Infantry Division
• 90th Light Infantry Division (formerly Special Division Africa (Division zbV Afrika ); later 90th Light African Division (motorized), 90th motorized infantry division)
• 91st Infantry Division (later 91st Airborne Division)
• 92nd Infantry Division
• 93rd Infantry Division
• 94th Infantry Division
• 95th Infantry Division (later 95th People’s Grenadier Division)
• 96th Infantry Division
• 97-я лёгкая пехотная дивизия (позднее 97-я егерская дивизия )
• 98-я пехотная дивизия
• 99-я лёгкая пехотная дивизия (позднее 7-я горнострелковая дивизия)
• 100-я лёгкая пехотная дивизия (позднее 100-я егерская дивизия )

101—200 дивизии

• 101-я лёгкая пехотная дивизия (позднее 101-я егерская дивизия )
• 102-я пехотная дивизия
• Данные о формировании «103-я дивизия» отсутствуют.
• 104-я егерская дивизия
• Данные о формировании «105-я дивизия» отсутствуют.
• 106-я пехотная дивизия
• Данные о формировании «107-я дивизия» отсутствуют.
• Данные о формировании «108-я дивизия» отсутствуют.
• Данные о формировании «109-я дивизия» отсутствуют.
• 110-я пехотная дивизия
• 111-я пехотная дивизия
• 112-я пехотная дивизия
• 114-я егерская дивизия
• 117-я егерская дивизия
• 118-я егерская дивизия
• 121-я пехотная дивизия
• 122-я пехотная дивизия
• 123-я пехотная дивизия
• 125-я пехотная дивизия
• 126-я пехотная дивизия
• 129-я пехотная дивизия
• 131-я пехотная дивизия
• 132-я пехотная дивизия
• 133-я крепостная дивизия
• 134-я пехотная дивизия
• 137-я пехотная дивизия
• 140-я особая дивизия (также 9-я горная дивизия)
• 141-я резервная дивизия
• 143-я резервная дивизия
• 147-я резервная дивизия
• 148-я резервная дивизия
• 149-я учебная дивизия
• 150-я учебная дивизия
• Division Nr. 151 (позднее 151-я резервная дивизия)
• Division Nr. 152
• Division Nr. 153 (позднее 153-я резервная дивизия, 153-я учебная дивизия, 153-я гренадерская дивизия)
• Division Nr. 154 (позднее 154-я резервная дивизия, 154-я учебная дивизия, 154-я пехотная дивизия)
• Division Nr. 155 (позднее Division Nr. 155 (моторизированная), танковая дивизия 155, 155-я резервная танковая дивизия)
• 155-я учебная дивизия (позднее 155-я пехотная дивизия) Не имеет отношения к Division Nr. 155.
• 156-я дивизия (позднее 156-я резервная дивизия, 47-я пехотная дивизия, 47-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 156-я полевая дивизия (позднее 156-я пехотная дивизия)
• 157-я дивизия (позднее 157-я резервная дивизия, 157-я горнострелковая дивизия, 8-я горнострелковая дивизия)
• 158-я дивизия (позднее 158-я резервная дивизия, впоследствии остатки дивизии были присоединены к 16-й пехотной дивизии люфтваффе )
• 159-я дивизия (позднее 159-я резервная дивизия, 159-я пехотная дивизия)
• 160-я дивизия (позднее 160-я резервная дивизия, 160-я пехотная дивизия)
• 161-я пехотная дивизия
• 162-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 162-я пехотная дивизия «Туркестан» ( нем. «Turkestan» ), с иностранными подразделениями.
• 163-я пехотная дивизия
• 164-я пехотная дивизия (позднее крепостная дивизия «Крит» ( нем. «Kreta» ), которая впоследствии была распределена между крепостной бригадой «Крит» и 164-й лёгкой дивизией «Африка» ( нем. «Afrika» )).
• 165-я резервная дивизия
• 166-я резервная дивизия
• 167-я пехотная дивизия
• 168-я пехотная дивизия
• 169-я пехотная дивизия
• 170-я пехотная дивизия
• 171-я резервная дивизия
• 172-я резервная дивизия
• 173-я резервная дивизия
• 174-я резервная дивизия
• 175 пехотная дивизия
• 181-я пехотная дивизия
• 182-я резервная дивизия
• 183-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 187-я резервная дивизия (позднее 42-я егерская дивизия)
• Division Nr. 188 (позднее 188-я горнострелковая дивизия резерва, 188-я горнострелковая дивизия)
• 189-я резервная дивизия
• 191-я резервная дивизия
• 196-я пехотная дивизия
• 197-я пехотная дивизия
• 198-я пехотная дивизия
• 199-я пехотная дивизия
• 200-я егерская дивизия

201—300 дивизии

• 201-я охранная дивизия
• 203-я охранная дивизия
• 205-я пехотная дивизия (ранее 14-я ландверная дивизия ( нем. Landwehr ))
• 206-я пехотная дивизия
• 207-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 207-я охранная дивизия)
• 208-я пехотная дивизия
• 210-я дивизия береговой обороны
• 211-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 212-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 578-я народно-гренадерская дивизия, 212-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 213-я охранная дивизия
• 214-я пехотная дивизия
• 216-я пехотная дивизия
• 217-я пехотная дивизия
• 218-я пехотная дивизия
• 221-я охранная дивизия
• 223-я пехотная дивизия
• 225-я пехотная дивизия
• 227-я пехотная дивизия
• 228-я пехотная дивизия
• 230-я дивизия береговой обороны
• 233-я мотопехотная дивизия
• 242-я пехотная дивизия
• 243-я пехотная дивизия
• 246-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 250-я пехотная дивизия ( « Голубая дивизия » , испанская фалангистская дивизия в составе вермахта , фактически насчитавшая к моменту своего вывода в Испанию в 1943 году около 50 тыс. человек)
• 251-я пехотная дивизия
• 252-я пехотная дивизия
• 253-я пехотная дивизия
• 254-я пехотная дивизия
• 255-я пехотная дивизия
• 256-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 256-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 257-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 258-я пехотная дивизия
• 260-я пехотная дивизия
• 262-я пехотная дивизия
• 267-я пехотная дивизия
• 269-я пехотная дивизия
• 270-я крепостная пехотная дивизия
• 271-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 272-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 274-я стационарная пехотная дивизия
• 275-я пехотная дивизия
• 276-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 277-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 278-я пехотная дивизия
• 280-я крепостная пехотная дивизия
• 281-я охранная дивизия (позднее 281-я пехотная дивизия)
• 285-я охранная дивизия
• 286-я охранная дивизия
• 290-я пехотная дивизия
• 291-я пехотная дивизия
• 292-я пехотная дивизия
• 295-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 295-я крепостная пехотная дивизия (возможно, 295-я статическая пехотная дивизия))
• 297-я пехотная дивизия
• 299-я пехотная дивизия

301—400 дивизии

• 302-я стационарная пехотная дивизия (позднее 302-я пехотная дивизия)
• 305-я пехотная дивизия
• 320-я пехотная дивизия
• 325-я охранная дивизия
• 326-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 327-я пехотная дивизия
• 329-я пехотная дивизия
• 331-я пехотная дивизия
• 332-я стационарная пехотная дивизия (позднее 332-я пехотная дивизия )
• 334-я пехотная дивизия
• 337-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 340-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 344-я стационарная пехотная дивизия (позднее 344-я пехотная дивизия, впоследствии дивизия восстановлена присоединением к ней 91-й десантной дивизии)
• 345-я моторизованная пехотная дивизия
• 347-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 349-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 352-я пехотная дивизия (позднее 352-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 361-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 363-я народно-гренадерская дивизия
• 376-я пехотная дивизия
• 381-я полевая учебная дивизия
• 382-я полевая учебная дивизия
• 383-я пехотная дивизия
• 386-я моторизованная пехотная дивизия
• 388-я полевая учебная дивизия
• 389-я стационарная пехотная дивизия
• 390-я учебная дивизия (впоследствии 390-я охранная дивизия)
• 391-я учебная дивизия (впоследствии 391-я охранная дивизия)

401—500

• 402-я учебная дивизия
• 403-я охранная дивизия
• 444-я охранная дивизия
• 445-я охранная дивизия
• 462-я народно-гренадерская дивизия

501—600

• 526-я резервная дивизия
• 541-я гренадерская дивизия (позднее 541-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 541-я гренадерская дивизия (позднее 542-я народно-гренадерская дивизия)
• 543rd Grenadier Division
• 544th Grenadier Division (later 544th National Grenadier Division)
• 545th Grenadier Division (later 545th National Grenadier Division)
• 546th Grenadier Division
• 547th Grenadier Division (later 547th National Grenadier Division)
• 548th Grenadier Division (later 548th National Grenadier Division)
• 549th Grenadier Division (later 549th National Grenadier Division)
• 550th Grenadier Division
• 551st Grenadier Division (later 551st People’s Grenadier Division)
• 552nd Grenadier Division
• 553rd Grenadier Division (later 553rd People’s Grenadier Division)
• 558th Grenadier Division (later 558th National Grenadier Division)
• 559th Grenadier Division (later 559th National Grenadier Division)
• 560th Grenadier Division (later 560th National Grenadier Division)
• The 561st Grenadier Division "East Prussia 1" ( it. "Ostpreußen 1" ) (later the 561st People's Grenadier Division)
• 562nd Grenadier Division "East Prussia 2" ( it. "Ostpreußen 2" ) (later the 562nd National Grenadier Division)
• 563rd Grenadier Division (later 563rd National Grenadier Division)
• 564th Grenadier Division (later 564th National Grenadier Division)
• 565th Grenadier Division
• 566th Grenadier Division
• 567th Grenadier Division
• 568th Grenadier Division
• 569th Grenadier Division
• 570th Grenadier Division
• 571st Grenadier Division
• 572nd Grenadier Division
• 573rd Grenadier Division
• 574th Grenadier Division
• 575th Grenadier Division
• 576th Grenadier Division
• 577th Grenadier Division
• 578th People’s Grenadier Division (formerly 212nd Infantry Division; later 212th People’s Grenadier Division)
• 579th Grenadier Division
• 580th Grenadier Division
• 581st People’s Grenadier Division
• 582nd People's Grenadier Division
• 583rd People’s Grenadier Division
• 584th Grenadier Division
• 585th Grenadier Division
• 586th Grenadier Division
• 587th People’s Grenadier Division
• 588th Grenadier Division
• 600th Russian Wehrmacht Division

701 and higher

• 702nd stationary division
• 707th Infantry Division
• 708th stationary division (later 708th coastal defense division, 708th people's grenadier division)
• 709th stationary division
• 710th stationary division
• Data on the formation of the "715th Division" is missing.
• 714th Infantry Division
• 716th stationary division (subsequently 716th people's grenadier division)
• 719th Infantry Division
• 805th Division
• 999th African Light Division (motorized)

Nominal divisions

• Führer Escort Team ( German: Führer Begleit Brigade ) - created on the basis of an escort battalion, formed to defend Hitler’s headquarters on the Eastern Front
• Grenadier Führer Brigade ( Führer Grenadier Brigade )

• division "Brandenburg" ( him. "Brandenburg" )
• “Feldherrnhalle” motorized infantry division ( “Feldherrnhalle” ) (previously: 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division; later: Feldherrnhalle 1 Panzer Division)
• Mechanized infantry division "Great Germany" ( it. "Großdeutschland" )

• Training Grenadier Division ( German "Lehr" ) (not relevant to the training tank division )

• Jäger Alps Division

Mountain Divisions

• 1st Mountain Division (later 1st Volksgebirgs Division)
• 2nd mountain division
• 3rd Mountain Division
• 4th Mountain Division
• 5th Mountain Division
• 6th Mountain Division
• 7th Mountain Division (formerly the 99th Light Infantry Division)
• 8th Mountain Division (formerly 157th Division, 157th Reserve Division, 157th Mountain Division)
• 9th Mountain Division (formerly Shadow Division Steiermark and Division zbV 140)
• 188th Mountain Division (formerly 188th Division, 188th Reserve Mountain Division)

Ski Divisions

• 1st ski division

Cavalry divisions

Davies claims that the "cavalry" divisions were just riding infantry, and the "real cavalry" were only "Cossack" divisions, copied from the Soviet cavalry. Most likely, he confused cavalry divisions with light , which included cavalry rifle divisions . Kavallerie-Schützen) shelves. In the cavalry divisions, the regiments were called cavalry divisions ( German). Reitar) and cold cavalry weapons were available.

• 1st Cavalry Division (later 24th Panzer Division).
• 3rd Cavalry Division .
• 4th Cavalry Division .
• Cossack cavalry division (transferred to the SS troops , where it was distributed between the 1st and 2nd Cossack cavalry divisions).

Landwehr divisions

• 14th Landwehr Division (later 205th Infantry Division )
• 97th Landwehr Division

Artillery Divisions

• 18th Artillery Division (formerly 18th Panzer Division )
• 309th Artillery Division
• 310th Artillery Division
• 311st Artillery Division
• 312nd Artillery Division

Registered serf divisions

• serf division "Danzig" ( it. "Danzig" )
• fortress division "Frankfurt / Oder" ( it. "Frankfurt / Oder" )
• fortress division "Gotenhafen" ( it. "Gotenhafen" )
• “Crete” fortress division ( German “Kreta” ) (formerly the 164th Infantry Division , 164th Light Africa Division ( Afrika ))
• fortress division "Stettin" ( it. "Stettin" )
• fortress division "Swinemunde" ( German "Swinemünde" )
• fortress division "Warsaw" ( ger. "Warschau" )

Named training divisions

• Training Division "Bavaria" ( it. "Bayern" )
• Training Division "Kurland" ( Ger. "Kurland" )
• Training Division "Nord" ( him. "Nord" )

Divisions per se were absent in the kriegsmarine. The few surface ships of the Kriegsmarine were not combined into permanent units, and the submarines were divided into flotilla.

Submarine fleets

Battle Flotilla

• 1st Submarine Flotilla Kriegsmarine
• 2nd submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 3rd submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 5th submarine flotilla of kriegsmarine
• 6th submarine flotilla of kriegsmarine
• 7th Submarine Flotilla Kriegsmarine
• 9th Submarine Flotilla Kriegsmarine
• 10th submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 11th submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 12th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 13th Krigsmarine Flotilla
• 14th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 23rd Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 29th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 30th Krigsmarine Flotilla
• 33rd Krigsmarine Flotilla

Training

• 4th submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 5th submarine flotilla of kriegsmarine
• 8th submarine flotilla of the crigsmarine
• 18th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 19th Krigsmarine flotilla
• 20th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 21st Submarine Flotilla Kriegsmarine
• 22nd submarine flotilla of kriegsmarine
• 23rd Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 24th Submarine Flotilla Kriegsmarine
• 25th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 26th Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 27th Krigsmarine Flotilla
• 31st Flotilla Crigsmarine
• 32nd Flotilla Crigsmarine

Destroyer fleets

• 1st flotilla squadron destroyers Kriegsmarine
• 2nd flotilla squadron destroyers kriegsmarine
• 3rd flotilla squadron destroyers kriegsmarine
• 4th Krigsmarine Fleet Destroyers
• 5th Krigsmarine Fleet Destroyers
• 6th Krigsmarine Fleet Destroyers
• 8th Krigsmarine Fleet Destroyers

Marine Corps Divisions

• 1st Marine Infantry Division
• 2nd Marine Infantry Division
• 3rd Marine Infantry Division
• 11th Marine Infantry Division
• 16th Marines Division
• Gotenhafen Marine Infantry Division ( Gotenhafen )

Hermann Goering Divisions

The formation of Hermann Göring during the war grew from a separate police force into armored and mechanized units. The epithet "parachute" ( it. Fallschirm ) was added solely for beauty.

• Hermann Goering Division ( German Hermann Göring ) (later: Hermann Goering Panzer Division, 1 Hermann Goering Parachute Panzer Division) ( German Hörn Göring Parachute)
• Parachute armored grenadier division "2 Hermann Goering" ( German "2 Hermann Göring" )

Airborne Divisions

In order to preserve the secrets of the very existence and training of such forces, the first German airborne division was called Flieger ("aviation"), formally being, with this designation, in the ranks of the Luftwaffe , who had the task of ensuring the protection of the Reich.

• The 7th Air Division (in English-language sources it is often translated as “7th Air Division” - “7th Air Division”).

Later, this division was reorganized, starting a whole list of airborne divisions of the German forces. Despite the names “Fallschirmjäger” - “parachute” - most of their personnel did not learn parachute jumps, being trained as in standard infantry divisions.

• 1st Parachute Division (april 1943 7th Flieger becomes 1st Fallschirmjager)
• 2nd Parachute Division
• 3rd Parachute Division
• 4th Parachute Division
• 5th Parachute Division
• 6th Parachute Division
• 7th Parachute Division (formerly Group Erdmann , an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe assets on the western front)
• 8th Parachute Division
• 9th Parachute Division
• 10th Parachute Division
• 11th Parachute Division (it began formation in March 1945. Fought only as campfroms)
• 20th Parachute Division
• 21st parachute division

Airfield Divisions

The Luftwaffe airfield divisions were ordinary infantry divisions formed from Luftwaffe personnel after a break in the war and an acute shortage of manpower. Initially, they were part of the Luftwaffe , but then they were reassigned to the Wehrmacht ground forces ( Heer ) while maintaining the numbering, but adding to the name "Luftwaffe" to distinguish them from the already existing Wehrmacht divisions having the same numbers.

• 1st Airfield Division
• 2nd Airfield Division
• 3rd Airfield Division
• 4th Airfield Division
• 5th Airfield Division
• 6th Airfield Division
• 7th Airfield Division
• 8th Airfield Division
• 9th Airfield Division
• 10th Airfield Division
• 11th Airfield Division
• 12th Airfield Division
• 13th Airfield Division
• 14th Airfield Division
• 15th Airfield Division
• 16th Airfield Division . Later it was transferred to the ground forces as the 16th Infantry Division of the Luftwaffe; later - the 16th People's Grenadier Division)
• 17th Airfield Division
• 18th Airfield Division
• 19th Airfield Division (later the 19th Luftwaffe Assault Division; later on it was transferred to the ground forces as the 19th Grenadier Division; later the 19th People’s Grenadier Division)
• 20th airfield division (later 20th Luftwaffe assault division)
• 21st Airfield Division (formerly Meindl Division, an ad hoc collection of Luftwaffe resources)
• 22nd Airfield Division (formation envisaged in 1943, but, most likely, the division was not formed ^[3] )

Training Divisions

• 1st Luftwaffe Training Division
• Parachute training reserve division

Air Defense Divisions

This included the headquarters of the management of anti-aircraft guns - flak , organized in the division for ground battles.

• 1st anti-aircraft division
• 2nd anti-aircraft division
• 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division
• 4th anti-aircraft division
• 5th anti-aircraft division
• 6th anti-aircraft division
• 7th anti-aircraft division
• 8th anti-aircraft division
• 9th anti-aircraft division (completely destroyed in the Battle of Stalingrad )
• 10th anti-aircraft division
• 11th anti-aircraft division
• 12th anti-aircraft division
• 13th anti-aircraft division
• 14th anti-aircraft division
• 15th anti-aircraft division
• 16th anti-aircraft division
• 17th anti-aircraft division
• 18th anti-aircraft division
• 19th anti-aircraft division
• 20th anti-aircraft division
• 21st anti-aircraft division
• 22nd anti-aircraft division
• 23rd anti-aircraft division
• 24th anti-aircraft division
• 25th anti-aircraft division
• 26th anti-aircraft division
• 27th anti-aircraft division
• 28th anti-aircraft division
• 29th anti-aircraft division
• 30th anti-aircraft division
• 31st anti-aircraft division

Differences between the Wehrmacht and the SS troops

The main differences from the divisions of the Wehrmacht can be summarized as follows:

1. Each field division of the SS forces had its own anti-aircraft battalion and supply battalion.
2. Each mountain division had a tank unit or assault guns division.
3. Each tank division had a mortar unit
4. All divisions were more personnel
5. As part of the Wehrmacht, as a rule, the Germans were recruited, or Volksdeutche . In the SS, in addition to the Germans, were allowed to recruit volunteers of other nationalities.

List of SS divisions

• 1st Panzer Division SS "Leibshtandart SS Adolf Hitler" ;
• 2nd Reich SS Panzer Division (SS Reserve Troops Division - Doychland SS Division - Reich SS Division - 2nd Panzergrenadier (Motorized) SS Reich Division - 2nd Reich SS Panzer Division ");
• 3rd SS Panzer Division Dead Head (3rd Panzer Grenadier (motorized) SS Division Totenkopf - 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf);
• 4th SS Police Panzergrenadier Division ;
• The 5th Panzer Division of the Viking SS (division of the German SS - the 5th Panzergrenadier (motorized) Viking SS Division - the 5th Viking SS Panzer Division);
• 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" ;
• The 7th SS Mountain Division Prince Eugen ;
• The 8th Cavalry SS Division Florian Geyer ;
• The 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen ;
• The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (The 10th Panzergrenadier (Motorized) SS Division - The 10th Panzergrenadier (Motorized) SS Division "Charlemagne" - The 10th Panzer Division SS "Frundsberg");
• 11th Panzergrenadier SS Division "Nordland" ;
• The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" ;
• 13th SS Mountain Division "Handjar" (1st Croatian) ;
• 14th Grenadier Division SS (1st Galician) (known as "Galicia" ( it. "Galizien" ));

• 15th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (1st Latvian) ;
• The 16th Panzergrenadier SS Division Reichsführer SS ;
• 17th Panzergrenadier SS Division "Goetz von Berlichingen" ;
• 18th Panzergrenadier SS Division Horst Wessel ;
• 19th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (2nd Latvian) ;
• 20th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (1st Estonian) ;
• 21st SS Mountain Division Skanderbeg ;
• 22nd Cavalry SS Division "Maria Theresa" ;
• 23rd SS Mountain Division "Kama" (2nd Croatian) ;
• 23rd Panzergrenadier Division of the SS "Nederland" (1st Dutch) (created after the disbandment of the 23rd SS Mountain Division "Kama" and inherited its number);

• The 24th SS Mountain Division "Karstgäger" ;
• 25th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) ;
• 26th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (2nd Hungarian) ;
• 27th Grenadier Division of the SS Langemark (1st Flemish) ;
• The 28th Panzergrenadier Division of the SS "Wallonia" (1st Walloon) ;
• 29th Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS "RONA" (1st Russian) ;
• The 29th Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS Italy (1st Italian) ;
• 30th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (2nd Russian) ;
• 30th Waffen-Grenadier SS Division (1st Belarus) ;
• The 31st SS Grenadier Division , sometimes called " Bohemia - Moravia " ( German Böhmen-Mähren ) or "Backa";
• The 32nd SS Grenadier Division "January 30" ;
• 33rd SS Cavalry Division (3rd Hungarian) ;
• The 33rd Waffen-Grenadier SS division Charlemagne (1st French) , received a number after the almost complete destruction of the 33rd SS cavalry division (3rd Hungarian) in a battle;
• 34th SS Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland (2nd Dutch) ;
• The 35th SS Police Grenadier Division ;
• The 36th Grenadier Division of the SS "Dirlewanger" ;
• 37th Cavalry SS Division "Lutzov" ;
• 38th Grenadier Division of the SS "Nibelungen" .

Also , the Kempf Panzer Division ( German Kempf ), a temporary combat association of infantry and SS troops.

in Russian

• SS troops
• Wehrmacht

in English

• List of German corps in WWII | List of German corps in WWII | List of German corps in WWII
• List of German military units of World War II
• Glossary of WWII German military terms
• Division (military) , Military unit
• Wehrmacht , German Army , Luftwaffe , Kriegsmarine
• en: Panzer , en: Panzer Division , en: Armored warfare
• en: Panzergrenadier , en: Mechanized infantry
• en: Fallschirmjäger , en: Airborne forces
• en: Volksgrenadier
• en: Heer Order of Battle

in Russian

• Military historical project "Germany"
• List and description of all divisions of the Wehrmacht
• Section "German Tank Forces" on the website "Tank Front"

in English

• German unit database at axishistory.com
• feldgrau.com
• lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de (German language site)
• Axis History Factbook - Waffen-SS
• Feldgrau Waffen-SS Website

in Russian

in English

• Astel, John; Goodwin, AE; Long, Jason, Bengtsson, Sven Ake; & Parmenter, James D. (1998). "Orders of Battle". Data booklet from the Europa game Storm Over Scandinavia . Grinnel, Iowa: Game Research / Design . ISBN 1-86010-091-0 .
• Davies, WJK German Army Handbook 1939-1945. - Second US Edition. New York: Arco Publishing, 1981. - ISBN ISBN 0-668-04291-5 .
• Parada, George (2004). " Panzer Divisions 1940-1945 ." Retrieved April 1, 2005.
• Yeide, Harry; (2004). The World War II Tank Killers, Tank Destroyer Force. (pg. 209). Casemate Publishers, Havertown, PA. ISBN 1-932033-26-2 .