The style of title conferred on the Waffen SS divisions varied depending on
the racial composition:

German volunteers .............................. SS Division "Racial"
Germans or Germanic volunteers.................. SS Freiwilligen Division
East Europeans ..................................Division de Waffen SS

In all cases, the number (conferred in 1942) came first and the name last;
where necessary, a national description was appended.

Notes

1. 23rd (2), 27th, 28th and 33rd (2) were origially 'Legions', belonging
either to the SS or the army.

2. Most units numbered above 20 were of indifferent quality or under strength.

3. Gebirgsdivision: mountain division
Grenadierdivision: infantry division
Panzergrenadierdivision: motorized infantry division

Information shown in following sequence:

Name
Raised
Composition
Strength
Short history
Fate

I SS Panzerdivision Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
1933
German
Successively a regiment, brigade and division
Motorised division in 1939, Poland 1939, France 1940. Panzer Division 1942, Russia, Italy 1943. Russia and France 1944 Ardennes offensive 1944, then Germany
Capitulated 1945

II SS Panzerdivision Das Reich
1939
German
Divisional
Panzer-Grenadier Division in 1941, Balkans, Russia, France 1942. Russia from 1942 to 1944 and Ardennes 1944. Germany, Hungary and Slovakia 1945.
Capitulated

III SS Panzerdivision Totenkopf
German
Divisional
Formed 1939, Poland. France 1940. Russia 1941 and 1942. France then Russia 1943-44. Poland 1944, then Hungary and Austria 1945.
Capitulated

IV SS Polizei Panzergrenadierdivision
German
Divisional
Formed 1939, Poland. France 1940. Russia 1941. 1943 Bohemia-Moravia and Poland Yugoslavia and Greece 1944. Prussia then Berlin 1945
Capitulated

V SS Panzerdivision Wiking
Formed in late 1940 from Dutch, Danes, Flemings, Norwegians, Finns, Estonians.
Divisional
Russia 1941-44. then Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia 1945
Capitulated

VI SS Gebirgdivision Nord
Formed 1941
German
Brigade, later Divisional
Finland until 1944, Ardennes and Germany 1945
Capitulated

VII SS Freiwilligen-Gebirgsdivision Prinz Eugen
1942
Divisional
Formed from Serbs and Rumanians of German stock. Montenegro, Croatia 1942-43 Italy 1943, Bosnia 1944, then Yugoslavia until 1945
Capitulated

VIII SS Kavalleriedivision Florian Geyer
1942
German/Racial German
Divisional
Balkans, Czechoslovakia and Hungary until 1945
Capitulated

IX SS Panzerdivision Hohenstaufen
1942
German
Divisional
Poland, France. In 1944: Russia, then France, Holland and Ardennes. Hungary 1945
Capitulated
 

X SS Panzerdivision Frundsberg
Formed 1942
German
Divisional
France then Russia in 1944. Subsequently, France 1944 and Holland and Germany 1945
Capitulated

XI Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadierdivision Nordland
Formed 1943 from Dutch, Danish and Norvegian volunteers.
Divisional
In 1943, Croatia then Russia. Berlin 1945
Capitulated 1945

XII SS Panzerdivision Hitler Jugend
1943
German
Divisional
Belgium then Normady (1944) and Ardennes. Austria 1944
Capitulated 1945

XIII Waffen-Gebirgsdivision der SS Handschar (kroatische Nr 1) Formed 1943 from Croatian volunteers.
Divisional
Mutinied in France, then sent to the Balkans
Disbanded in 1944, became SS Regiment 'Hungary and Austria' in 1945

XIV Waffen-Grenadierdivision der SS (galizische Nr 1)
Formed 1943 from Ukrainians
Divisional
Russia 1944, then Slovakia. Poland, Yugoslavia then Austria 1945
Capitulated

XV Waffen-Grenadierdivision der SS (lettische Nr 1)
Formed 1943 from Latvian security police/German
Divisional
Baltic, Kurland 1944. Prussia then Berlin 1945
Capitulated

XVI SS Panzergrenadierdivision Reichsführer SS
1943
German/racial German
Divisional
Corsica 1943. Italy 1944-45, then Hungary. Germany 1945
Capitulated

XVII SS Panzergrenadierdivision Götz von Berlichingen
1943
German/racial German
Divisional
Normandy, Alsace, Ardennes 1944. Germany 1945
Capitulated

XVIII SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadierdivision Horst Wessel
Formed 1944 from young volunteers from Yugoslavia and Hungary
Divisional
Normady 1944. Hungary and Czechoslovakia 1945
Capitulated