List of German divisions in World War II

This is a list of German divisions in World War II. Only ground units are covered; "divisions" of aircraft are not.

Upgrades and reorganizations are shown only to identify the variant names for what is notionally a single unit; other upgrades and reorganizations are deferred to the individual articles. Due to the scope of this list pre-war changes are not shown, nor are upgrades from units smaller than a division.

Name elements not usually translated

;"Grenadier": A traditional term for heavy infantry. (Translated "Infantryman");"Jäger": A traditional term for light infantry (Translated "Hunter").;"Gebirgsjäger": Traditional term for mountain and ski troops.;"Lehr": A demonstration unit (Translated "Teach").;"Nummer": "Number" (See description in Infantry Series Divisions, below).;"Panzer": Armored (Translated "Tank").;"Sturm": "Storm" or "Assault" (Translated "Storm").;"Volks": "of the People" (Translated "People's").;"zbV": Abbreviation for "zur besonderen Verwendung" Meaning "Special Purpose" (Translated "For Special Employment")."Volks", "Sturm", and "Grenadier" were sometimes used simply as morale-building adjectives, often without any significance to a unit's organization or capabilities.

=Army "Heer"=

Panzer divisions

:"see also Panzer Division

Numbered panzer divisions

* 1st Panzer Division
* 2nd Panzer Division
* 3rd Panzer Division
* 4th Panzer Division
* 5th Panzer Division
* 6th Panzer Division (previously 1st Light Division)
* 7th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Light Division)
* 8th Panzer Division (previously 3rd Light Division)
* 9th Panzer Division (previously 4th Light Division)
* 10th Panzer Division
* 11th Panzer Division
* 12th Panzer Division (previously 2nd Motorized Infantry Division)
* 13th Panzer Division (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle" 2)
* 14th Panzer Division (previously 4th Infantry Division)
* 15th Panzer Division (previously 33rd Infantry Division; later 15th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 16th Panzer Division (previously 16th Infantry Division)
* 17th Panzer Division (previously 27th Infantry Division)
* 18th Panzer Division (later 18th Artillery Division)
* 19th Panzer Division (previously 19th Infantry Division)
* 20th Panzer Division
* 21st Panzer Division (previously 5th Light Division)
* 22nd Panzer Division
* 23rd Panzer Division
* 24th Panzer Division (previously 1st Cavalry Division)
* 25th Panzer Division
* 26th Panzer Division (formerly 23rd Infantry Division)
* 27th Panzer Division
* 116th Panzer Division "Windhund" (previously 16th Infantry Division, 16th Motorized Infantry Division, and 16th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 155th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 155, Division Nr. 155 (mot.), Panzer Division Nr. 155)
* Panzer Division Nr. 178 (previously Division Nr. 178)
* 179th Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 179, Division Nr. 179 (mot.), and Panzer Division Nr. 179)
* 232nd Panzer Division (previously Panzer Division "Tatra", Panzer Training Division "Tatra")
* 233rd Reserve Panzer Division (previously Division Nr. 233 (mot.), Panzergrenadier Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233; later Panzer Division "Clausewitz")
* 273rd Reserve Panzer Division

Named panzer divisions

* Panzer Division "Clausewitz" (previously Division Nr. 233 (mot.), Panzergrenadier Division Nr. 233, and Panzer Division Nr. 233, Reserve Panzer Division 233)
** "Döberitz", "Schlesien", and "Holstein" are approximately synonymous with "Clausewitz".
* Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle 1" (previously 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division, and Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle")
* Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle 2" (previously 13th Infantry Division, 13th Motorized Infantry Division, and 13th Panzer Division)
* Panzer Division "Jüterbog"
* Panzer Division "Kempf" (part "Heer", part "Waffen-SS")
* Panzer Division "Kurmark"
* Panzerlehrdivision (sometimes identified as 130th Panzer Division or the "Panzer Lehr Division")
* Panzer Division "Müncheberg"
* Panzer Division "Tatra" (later Panzer Training Division "Tatra", 232nd Panzer Division)

Light divisions

The designation "Light" ("leichte") had various meanings in the German Army of World War II. There was a series of 5 Light divisions; the first four were pre-war mechanized formations organized for use as mechanized cavalry, and the fifth was an "ad hoc" collection of mechanized elements rushed to Africa to bail the Italians out and organized into a division once there. All five were eventually converted to ordinary Panzer 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 9th Panzer Division)
* 5th Light Afrika Division (later 21st Panzer Division)

Various other divisions were dubbed "Light" for other reasons, and are listed among the Infantry Series Divisions.

Infantry series divisions

Types of division in the series

The backbone of the Wehrmacht Heer (Germany's Army) was the infantry division. Of the 154 divisions deployed against Soviet Union in 1941, including reserves, there were 100 infantry, 19 panzer (tank), 11 motorised, 9 security, 5 Waffen-SS, 4 "light", 4 mountain, 1 SS police, and 1 cavalry. A typical infantry division in June 1941 had 17,734 men organized into the following sub-units [Mueller-Hillebrand B., Das Heer, 1933-1945. vol. II, E.S. Mittler & Sohn, 1969, pp. 161-162.] :
*three infantry regiments with staff, communications units
**three battalions with:
***three light MG companies
***one heavy MG company
**one PAK company (mot.)
**one artillery company
**one reconnaissance unit

*one Panzerjager battalion with:
***three companies (twelve 3.7cm guns)
*one artillery regiment
**three battalions
***three batteries

**one pioneer battalion
**one communications unit
**one field replacement battalion
**Supply, medical, veterinary, mail, and police

German infantry divisions had a variety of designations and specializations, though numbered in a single series. The major variations are as follows:;Fortress ("Festung"): Divisions of non-standard organization used to garrison critical sites. The smaller ones might consist of only two or three battalions.;"Grenadier": A morale-building honorific usually indicative of reduced strength when used alone.;Light, "Jäger": Provided with partial horse or motor transport and usually lighter artillery, and reduced in size compared to an ordinary infantry division. Some of these were essentially identical to mountain divisions, and these were referred to as "Gebirgsjäger" ("Mountain Light Infantry") divisions.
* This description does not apply to the "Light" divisions in Africa (5th, 90th, 164th, 999th), nor to the five "Light" mechanized divisions listed in their own subsection.;Motorized: Provided with full motor transport for all infantry and weapons systems. Usually reduced in size compared to an ordinary infantry division. Motorized infantry divisions were renamed "Panzergrenadier" (armored infantry) divisions in 1943.;"Division Nummer": A sort of placeholder division, with a number ("Nummer") and staff but few if any combat assets. These divisions started out without any type in their name (e.g., "Division Nr. 179"), though some acquired a type later on (e.g, "Panzer Division Nr. 179").;"Panzergrenadier": As motorized, but with more self-propelled weapons and an added battalion of tanks or fully armored assault guns. What motorized divisions were referred to from 1943 forward.;Static ("bodenständige"): Deficient in transport, even enough to move its own artillery. Many of these were divisions that had been mauled on the Russian Front and were sent west to serve as coastal defense garrisons until sufficient resources were available to rehabilitate them. ;"Volksgrenadier": A late-war reorganization with reduced size and increased short-range firepower. Many previously destroyed or badly mauled infantry divisions were reconstituted as "Volksgrenadier" divisions, and new ones were raised as well. Their fighting worth varied widely depending on unit experience and equipment.;"zbV": An "ad hoc" division created to meet a special requirement. (E.g., Division zbV "Afrika")

Most of the size reductions listed above were by about a third, either by the removal of an infantry regiment or the removal of one infantry battalion from each of the three regiments.

Infantry divisions were raised in "waves", sets of divisions with a standardized table of organization and equipment. In general the later waves (i.e., the higher-numbered divisions) were of lower quality than the earlier ones.

Numbered divisions

1st to 99th

* 1st Infantry Division
* 2nd Motorized Infantry Division (later 12th Panzer Division)
* 3rd Motorized Infantry Division (later 3rd Panzergrenadier Division)
* 4th Infantry Division (later 14th Panzer Division)
* 5th Infantry Division (later 5th Light Infantry Division, 5th Jäger Division)
** Not related to the 5th Light Division.
* 6th Infantry Division (later Division 6th Grenadier Division, 6th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 7th Infantry Division
* 8th Infantry Division (later 8th Light Infantry Division, 8th Jäger Division)
* 9th Infantry Division (later 9th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 10th Infantry Division (later 10th Motorized Infantry Division, 10th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 11th Infantry Division
* 12th Infantry Division (later 12th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 13th Motorized Infantry Division (later 13th Panzer Division, Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle 2")
* 14th Infantry Division (later 14th Motorized Infantry Division, then 14th Infantry Division again)
* 14th "Luftwaffe" Infantry Division
** This unit was originally in the "Luftwaffe" as the 14th Luftwaffe Field Division.
* 15th Infantry Division
* 15th Panzergrenadier Division (previously 33rd Infantry Division, 15th Panzer Division)
** Not related to 15th Infantry Division.
* 16th Infantry Division (later split into – )
** 16th Panzer Division, and
** 16th Motorized Infantry Division (later 16th Panzergrenadier Division, 116th Panzer Division)
* 16th "Luftwaffe" Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
** This unit was originally in the "Luftwaffe" as the 16th Luftwaffe Field Division.
* 17th Infantry Division
* 18th Infantry Division (later 18th Motorised Infantry Division, 18th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 18th Volksgrenadier Division
** Not related to the 18th Infantry Division.
* 19th Infantry Division (later 19th Panzer Division)
* 19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
** This unit was originally in the "Luftwaffe" as the 19th "Luftwaffe" Field Division (later 19th "Luftwaffe Sturm" Division)
* 20th Motorized Infantry Division (later 20th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 21st Infantry Division
* 22nd Infantry Division (later 22nd Air Landing Division, 22nd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 23rd Infantry Division (later 26th Panzer Division)
** After being reorganized as the 26th Panzer Division, some of the 23rd Infantry Division's original components were used to create a new 23rd Infantry Division.
* 24th Infantry Division
* 25th Infantry Division (later 25th Motorized Infantry Division, 25th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 26th Infantry Division (later 26th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 27th Infantry Division (later 17th Panzer Division)
* 28th Light Infantry Division (later 28th Jäger Division)
* 29th Motorized Infantry Division (later 29th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 30th Infantry Division
* 31st Infantry Division (later 31st Grenadier Division, 31st Volksgrenadier Division)
* 32nd Infantry Division
* 33rd Infantry Division (later 15th Panzer Division, 15th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 34th Infantry Division
* 35th Infantry Division (later 35th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 36th Infantry Division (later 36th Motorized Infantry Division, then 36th Infantry Division again, 36th Grenadier Division, and finally 36th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 38th Infantry Division
* 39th Infantry Division (later 41st Fortress Division, 41st Infantry Division)
* 41st Infantry Division (previously 39th Infantry Division, 41st Fortress Division)
* 42nd Jäger Division (previously 187th Reserve Division)
* 44th Infantry Division (later 44th "Reichsgrenadier" Division "Hoch und Deutschmeister")
* 45th Infantry Division (later 45th Grenadier Division, 45th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 46th Infantry Division
* 47th Infantry Division (previously Division Nr. 156, 156th Reserve Division; later 47th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 48th Infantry Division (later 48th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 49th Infantry Division
* 50th Infantry Division
* 52nd Infantry Division (later 52nd Field Training Division, 52nd Security Division)
* 56th Infantry Division
* 57th Infantry Division
* 58th Infantry Division
* 59th Infantry Division
* 60th Infantry Division (later 60th Motorized Infantry Division, Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle", and Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle 1")
* 61st Infantry Division (later 61st Volksgrenadier Division)
* 62nd Infantry Division (later 62nd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 64th Infantry Division
* 65th Infantry Division
* 68th Infantry Division
* 69th Infantry Division
* 70th Static Infantry Division
* 71st Infantry Division
* 72nd Infantry Division
* 73rd Infantry Division
* 75th Infantry Division
* 76th Infantry Division
* 77th Infantry Division
* 78th Infantry Division (later 78th "Sturm" Division, 78th Grenadier Division, 78th Volksgrenadier Division, and finally 78 Volks-Sturm Division)
* 79th Infantry Division (later 79th Volksgrenadier 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 (previously the Division zbV "Afrika"; later 90th Light "Afrika" Division, 90th Panzergrenadier Division)
* 91st Infantry Division (later 91st Air Landing Division)
* 92nd Infantry Division
* 93rd Infantry Division
* 94th Infantry Division
* 95th Infantry Division (later 95th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 96th Infantry Division
* 97th Light Infantry Division (later 97th Jäger Division)
* 98th Infantry Division
* 99th Light Infantry Division (later 7th Mountain Division)

100th to 199th

* 100th Light Infantry Division (later 100th Jäger Division)
* 101st Light Infantry Division (later 101st Jäger Division)
* 102nd Infantry Division
* 104th Jäger Division
* 106th Infantry Division
* 110th Infantry Division
* 114th Jäger Division
* 117th Jäger Division
* 118th Jäger Division
* 121st Infantry Division
* 133rd Fortress Division
* Division zbV 140 (also 9th Mountain Division)
* 141st Reserve Division
* 143rd Reserve Division
* 147th Reserve Division
* 148th Reserve Division
* 149th Field Training Division
* 150th Field Training Division
* Division Nr. 151 (later 151st Reserve Division)
* Division Nr. 152
* Division Nr. 153 (later 153rd Reserve Division, 153rd Field Training Division, 153rd Grenadier Division)
* Division Nr. 154 (later 154th Reserve Division, 154th Field Training Division, 154th Infantry Division)
* Division Nr. 155 (later Division Nr. 155 (mot.), Panzer Division Nr. 155, 155th Reserve Panzer Division)
* 155th Field Training Division (later 155th Infantry Division)
** Not related to Division Nr. 155.
* Division Nr. 156 (later 156th Reserve Division, 47th Infantry Division, 47th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 156th Field Replacement Division (later 156th Infantry Division)
* Division Nr. 157 (later 157th Reserve Division, 157th Mountain Division, 8th Mountain Division)
* Division Nr. 158 (later 158th Reserve Division)
* Division Nr. 159 (later 159th Reserve Division, 159th Infantry Division)
* Division Nr. 160 (later 160th Reserve Division, 160th Infantry Division)
* 162nd Infantry Division (later 162nd Infantry Division "Turkestan", with foreign troops)
* 163rd Infantry Division
* 164th Infantry Division (later Fortress Division "Kreta", which split into – )
** Fortress Brigade "Kreta"
** 164th Light "Afrika" Division
* 165th Reserve Division
* 166th Reserve Division
* 167th Volksgrenadier Division
* 169th Infantry Division
* 170th Infantry Division
* 171st Reserve Division
* 172nd Reserve Division
* 173rd Reserve Division
* 174th Reserve Division
* 181st Infantry Division
* 182nd Reserve Division
* 183rd Volksgrenadier Division
* 187th Reserve Division (later 42nd Jäger Division)
* Division Nr. 188 (later 188th Reserve Mountain Division, 188th Mountain Division)
* 189th Reserve Division
* 191st Reserve Division
* 196th Infantry Division
* 197th Infantry Division
* 198th Infantry Division
* 199th Infantry Division

201st to 999th

* 201st Security Division
* 203rd Security Division
* 205th Infantry Division (previously 14th "Landwehr" Division)
* 206th Infantry Division
* 207th Infantry Division (later 207th Security Division)
* 208th Infantry Division
* 210th Coastal Defense Division
* 211th Volksgrenadier Division
* 212th Infantry Division (later 578th Volksgrenadier Division, then renamed 212th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 213th Security Division
* 214th Infantry Division
* 216th Infantry Division
* 217th Infantry Division
* 218th Infantry Division
* 221st Security Division
* 227th Infantry Division
* 228th Infantry Division
* 230th Coastal Defense Division
* 233rd Panzergrenadier Division
* 242nd Static Infantry Division
* 243rd Static Infantry Division
* 246th Volksgrenadier Division
* 250th Infantry Division ("División Azul", the Spanish "Blue" Division in German service)
* 256th Infantry Division (Later 256th Volksgrenadier Division
* 257th Volksgrenadier Division
* 258th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
* 269th Infantry Division
* 270th Fortress Infantry Division
* 271st Volksgrenadier Division
* 272nd Volksgrenadier Division
* 274th Static Infantry Division
* 275th Infantry Division
* 276th Volksgrenadier Division
* 277th Infantry Division (later 277th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 278th Infantry Division
* 280th Fortress Infantry Division
* 281st Security Division (later 281st Infantry Division)
* 285th Security Division
* 286th Security Division
* 291st Infantry Division
* 295th Infantry Division (later 295th Fortress Infantry Division)
* 297th Infantry Division
* 302nd Static Infantry Division (later 302nd Infantry Division)
* 305th Infantry Division
* 320th Infantry Division later 320th Volksgrenadier Division
* 325th Security Division
* 326th Infantry Division (later 326th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 331st Infantry Division
* 332nd Static Infantry Division (later 332nd Infantry Division)
* 334th Infantry Division
* 337th Volksgrenadier Division
* 340th Volksgrenadier Division
* 344th Static Infantry Division (later 344th Infantry Division)
* 345th Motorized Infantry Division
* 346th Infantry Division
* 347th Volksgrenadier Division
* 349th Volksgrenadier Division
* 352nd Infantry Division (later 352nd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 361st Volksgrenadier Division
* 362nd Infantry Division
* 363rd Volksgrenadier Division
* 371st Infantry Division
* 376th Infantry Division
* 381st Field Training Division
* 382nd Field Training Division
* 384th Infantry Division
* 385th Infantry Division
* 386th Motorized Infantry Division
* 388th Field Training Division
* 389th Static Infantry Division
* 390th Security Division
* 390th Field Training Division

* 391st Security Division
* 391st Field Training Division

* 402nd Training Division
* 403rd Security Division
* 444th Security Division
* 454th Security Division
* 462nd Volksgrenadier Division
* 526th Reserve Division
* 541st Grenadier Division (later 541st Volksgrenadier Division)
* 542nd Grenadier Division (later 542nd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 543rd Grenadier Division
* 544th Grenadier Division (later 544th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 545th Grenadier Division (later 545th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 546th Grenadier Division
* 547th Grenadier Division (later 547th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 548th Grenadier Division (later 548th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 549th Grenadier Division (later 549th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 550th Grenadier Division
* 551st Grenadier Division (later 551st Volksgrenadier Division)
* 552nd Grenadier Division
* 553rd Grenadier Division (later 553rd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 558th Grenadier Division (later 558th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 559th Grenadier Division (later 559th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 560th Grenadier Division (later 560th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 561st Grenadier Division "Ostpreußen 1" (later 561st Volksgrenadier Division)
* 562nd Grenadier Division "Ostpreußen 2" (later 562nd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 563rd Grenadier Division (later 563rd Volksgrenadier Division)
* 564th Grenadier Division (later 564th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 565th Volksgrenadier Division
* 566th Volksgrenadier Division
* 567th Volksgrenadier Division
* 568th Volksgrenadier Division
* 569th Volksgrenadier Division
* 570th Volksgrenadier Division
* 571st Volksgrenadier Division
* 572nd Volksgrenadier Division
* 573rd Volksgrenadier Division
* 574th Volksgrenadier Division
* 575th Volksgrenadier Division
* 576th Volksgrenadier Division
* 577th Volksgrenadier Division
* 578th Volksgrenadier Division (previously 212th Infantry Division; later 212th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 579th Volksgrenadier Division
* 580th Volksgrenadier Division
* 581st Volksgrenadier Division
* 582nd Volksgrenadier Division
* 583rd Volksgrenadier Division
* 584th Volksgrenadier Division
* 585th Volksgrenadier Division
* 586th Volksgrenadier Division
* 587th Volksgrenadier Division
* 588th Volksgrenadier Division
* 702nd Static Infantry Division
* 708th Static Infantry Division (later 708th Coastal Defense Division, 708th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 709th Static Infantry Division
* 710th Static Infantry Division
* 715th Infantry Division
* 716th Static Infantry Division (later 716th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 719th Infantry Division
* Division Nr. 805
* 999th Light "Afrika" Division

Named divisions

* "Führer Begleit" Division Escort Battalion formed to protect Hitler's Eastern Front Headquarters.
* "Führer Grenadier" Division

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* Panzergrenadier Division "Brandenburg"
* Panzergrenadier Division "Feldherrnhalle" (previously 60th Infantry Division, 60th Motorized Infantry Division; later Panzer Division "Feldherrnhalle 1")
* Panzergrenadier Division "Großdeutschland"

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* Grenadier Division "Lehr"
** Not related to "Panzer Lehr".

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* Jäger Division "Alpen"

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 (previously 99th Light Infantry Division)
* 8th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 157, 157th Reserve Division, 157th Mountain Division)
* 9th Mountain Division (previously Shadow Division "Steiermark" and Division zbV 140)
* 188th Mountain Division (previously Division Nr. 188, 188th Reserve Mountain Division)

ki division

* 1st Ski Division

Cavalry divisions

According to Davies, the "Cavalry" divisions were mounted infantry and the "Cossack" divisions were "true cavalry", modelled on the Russian cavalry divisions.

* 1st Cavalry Division (later 24th Panzer Division)
* 3rd Cavalry Division
* 4th Cavalry Division
* Cossack Cavalry Division(This unit was transferred to the Waffen-SS, where it was split to form the 1st & 2nd Cossack Cavalry Divisions as part of the XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps.)

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
* 311th Artillery Division
* 312th Artillery Division

Named fortress divisions

* Fortress Division "Danzig"
* Fortress Division "Frankfurt/Oder"
* Fortress Division "Gotenhafen"
* Fortress Division "Kreta" (previously 164th Infantry Division; later 164th Light "Afrika" Division)
* Fortress Division "Stettin"
* Fortress Division "Swinemünde"
* Fortress Division "Warschau"

Named training divisions

* Training Division "Bayern"
* Training Division "Kurland"
* Training Division "Nord"

Field replacement divisions

* Field Replacement Division A
* Field Replacement Division B
* Field Replacement Division C
* Field Replacement Division D
* Field Replacement Division E
* Field Replacement Division F

=Navy "Kriegsmarine"=

Naval infantry divisions

* 1st Naval Infantry Division
* 2nd Naval Infantry Division
* 3rd Naval Infantry Division
* 11th Naval Infantry Division
* 16th Naval Infantry Division

* Naval Infantry Division "Gotenhafen"

=Air Force "Luftwaffe"=

Hermann Göring divisions

The Hermann Göring formations grew from a single police detachment to an entire armored corps over the course of the war. The later epithet "Fallschirm" ("parachute") was purely honorific.

* Hermann Göring Division (later Panzer Division "Hermann Göring", Parachute Panzer Division "1 Hermann Göring")
* Parachute Panzergrenadier Division "2 Hermann Göring"

Airborne divisions

In order to keep its existence secret, the first German airborne division was named as if a "Flieger" ("flier") division in the series of "Luftwaffe" divisions that controlled air assets rather than ground troops:
* 7th "Flieger" Division (often translated "7th Air Division")

----The division was later reorganized to start a series of nominally airborne divisions. Though named "Fallschirmjäger" ("paratrooper") divisions, most were not actually trained for airdrops, and in practice most operated as ordinary infantry throughout their existence. The lower-numbered ones earned and maintained an élite status, but quality generally declined among the higher-numbered ones.

* 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 (previously "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(started to be formed March 1945. fought as battle groups only)
* 20th Parachute Division(Formation ordered 20 March 1945 in northern Holland, as a Field-Training Division. However formation was not completed beyond cadre.)
* 21st Parachute Division(Formation ordered 5 April 1945 in northern Holland, as a Field-Training Division. However formation was not completed beyond cadre.)

Field divisions

Luftwaffe Field Divisions were ordinary infantry divisions organized from "Luftwaffe" personnel made available after mid-war due to the manpower crunch. They were originally "Luftwaffe" units but were later handed over to the "Heer", retaining their numbering but with "Luftwaffe" attached to distinguish them from similarly numbered divisions already existing in the "Heer".

* 1st Luftwaffe Field Division
* 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division
* 3rd Luftwaffe Field Division
* 4th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 5th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 6th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 7th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 8th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 9th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 10th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 11th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 12th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 13th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 14th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 15th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 16th Luftwaffe Field Division
** Eventually transferred to the "Heer" as 16th "Luftwaffe" Infantry Division (later 16th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 17th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 18th Luftwaffe Field Division
* 19th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 19th Luftwaffe "Sturm" Division)
** Eventually transferred to the "Heer" as 19th Grenadier Division (later 19th Volksgrenadier Division)
* 20th Luftwaffe Field Division (later 20th Luftwaffe "Sturm" Division)
* 21st Luftwaffe Field Division (previously the "Meindl" Division, an "ad hoc" collection of Luftwaffe resources)
* 22nd Luftwaffe Field Division Not actually formed, its sub-units were attached to other divisions as needed.

Training divisions

* 1st Luftwaffe Training Division
* Parachute Training and Replacement Division

Anti-Aircraft divisions

These were headquarters for controlling aggregates of "flak" ("anti-aircraft artillery") assets rather than ordinary combined arms divisions organized for ground combat.

Waffen-SS divisions

All divisions in the "Waffen-SS" were ordered in a single series up to 38th, 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.

Also Panzer Division "Kempf", a temporary unit of mixed "Heer" and "Waffen-SS" components.

See also

* 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 (Navy), Waffen-SS
* Panzer, Panzer Division, Armored warfare
* Panzergrenadier, Mechanized infantry
* Fallschirmjäger, Airborne forces
* Volksgrenadier

References

* Astel, John; Goodwin, A. E.; 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.
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* Parada, George (2004). " [http://www.achtungpanzer.com/pzdiv2.htm Panzer Divisions 1940-1945] ". Retrieved April 1, 2005.

* Yeide, Harry;(2004). The Tank Killers, A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force. (pg. 209). Casemate Publishers, Havertown, PA. ISBN 1-932033-26-2.

Further reading

* [http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=31 German unit database at axishistory.com]
* [http://www.feldgrau.com/ feldgrau.com - research on the German armed forces 1918-1945]
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/inhaltsverzeichnis1.htm lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de] (German language site)
* [http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=49 Axis History Factbook - Waffen-SS]
* [http://www.feldgrau.com/ss.html Feldgrau Waffen-SS Website]