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Germany's Divisions 1 - 100

Notes:

Some divisions changed type during the war, so they may be listed for each designation.
Divisions designated Motorized were changed to the designation Panzer-Grenadier in March 1943.¹

Division Name	Formed	Locations
1st Airborne Division¹ 1st Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1943¹ April 1943²	July - August 1943¹: Sicily^1,2 September 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy^1,2 Cassino²
1st Cavalry Division¹ (became 24th Panzer Division¹)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ June - November 1941¹: Eastern Front¹
1st Cossack Cavalry Division¹	1943¹	October 1943 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia¹
1st Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
1st Light Panzer Division¹ (became 6th Panzer Division¹)
1st Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	October 1942 - January 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
1st Mountain Division¹ 1st Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division² (became 1st Volksgebirgs Division, March 1945²)	April 1938² before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - March 1943¹: Eastern Front¹ March 1943 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia¹
1st Panzer Division^1,2	October 1935² Before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - December 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 France² June - October 1943¹: Balkans^1,2 November 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Austria²
1st Ski Jäger Division¹	1944¹	January 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
1st SS Motorized Division² (became 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division, June 1941²)
1st SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler"²	October 1943¹	October 1943 - May 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Kursk² June - December 1944¹: France^1,2 January - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Austria²
1st SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 1st SS Panzergrenadier Division² (became 1SS Panzer Division^1,2, December 1942²)	1941¹	June 1941 - August 1942¹: Eastern Front¹ February - August 1943¹: Eastern Front¹
2nd Airborne Division¹ 2nd Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division² (reformed October 1944²)	1943^1,2	December 1943 - May 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 June 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe^1,2 Italy², Leros², Brest (destroyed)², Holland², Western Germany²
2nd Cossack Cavalry Division¹	1944¹	November 1944 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia¹
2nd Infantry Division^1,2 (became 2nd Motorized Division^1,2) (became 12th Panzer Division, December 1940²)	1934² before 1939¹	Poland², France²
2nd Light Panzer Division^1,2 (became the 7th Panzer Division^1,2)
2nd Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	October 1942 - January 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
2nd Mountain Divison¹ 2nd Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	April 1938² before 1939¹	Was part of Austrian Army.² September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 April 1940¹: Norway^1,2 October 1940 - November 1944¹: Lapland¹, Lappland² February - May 1945¹: North West Europe^1,2
2nd Panzer Division^1,2	October 1935² before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 Balkans² April 1941¹: Greece¹ July 1941 - December 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2 June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ France², Normandy², Ardennes², Plaven²
2nd Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 12 Panzer Division¹)	1936¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
2nd SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Das Reich"²	October 1943^1,2	October 1943 - March 1944¹: Eastern Front¹ June 1944 - January 1945¹: North West Europe¹ January - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
2nd SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 2nd SS Panzer Division¹)	1940¹	June 1941 - June 1942¹: Eastern Front¹ January - October 1943¹: Eastern Front¹
3rd Airborne Division¹ 3rd Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1943^1,2	June 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹
3rd Infantry Division^1,2 (became 3rd Motorized Division^1,2, October 1940²) (became 3rd Panzergrenadier Division²)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
3rd Light Panzer Division^1,2 (became 8th Panzer Division^1,2)
3rd Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	October 1942 - January 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
3rd Mountain Division¹ 3nd Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	1939¹	Formerly part of Austrian Army.² September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 April 1940¹: Norway^1,2 December 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Finland², Ukraine², Hungary², Slovakia²
3rd Panzer Division^1,2	October 1935² Before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 Belgium² May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Hungary², Austria²
3rd Panzer-Grenadier Divison¹ 3rd Panzergrenadier Division² (reformed March 1943^1,2)	October 1940^1,2	June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 September 1943 - August 1944¹: Italy¹ September 1944^1,2 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹, Western Front²
3rd SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Totenkopf"²	October 1943^1,2	October 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Western Front², Austria², Czechoslovakia²
3rd SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 3rd SS Panzer Division¹)	1939¹	June 1941 - October 1942¹: Eastern Front¹ February - October 1943¹: Eastern Front¹
4th Airborne Division¹ 4th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1943^1,2	January 1944 - May 1945¹: Italy^1,2
4th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 14th Panzer Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
4th Light Panzer Division^1,2 (became 9th Panzer Division^1,2)
4th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	October 1942 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
4th Mountain Division¹ 4th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	1940¹ October 23, 1940²	April 1941¹: Yugoslavia^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
4th Panzer Division^1,2	1938² Before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Latvia², Courland², Germany²
4th SS Panzer-Grenadier Divison¹ 4th SS Police Panzergrenadier Division² (reformed June 1944²)	1939¹ September 18, 1939²	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 Flanders² June 1941 - May 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2 September 1943²: Destroyed² December 1943 - September 1944¹: Greece¹ September - November 1944:¹ Yugoslavia¹, Balkans² November 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Pomerania², Mecklenburg², Elbe²
5th Airborne Division¹ 5th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1943¹ April 1944²	June 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Western Front², Ruhr²
5th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 5th Jäger Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	May 1940¹: France¹ June - December 1941¹: Eastern Front¹
5th Jäger Division^1,2	December 1941¹	February 1942 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
5th Light Division¹ 5th Light Africa Division² (became 21st Panzer Division, July 1941^1,2)	1941¹ January 1941²	February - July 1941¹: North Africa^1,2, destroyred² Libya²
5th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	December 1942 - April 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
5th Mountain Division¹ 5th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	1940¹	April 1941¹: Greece^1,2 May 1941¹: Crete^1,2 October 1941²: Leningrad² October 1941 - November 1943¹: Eastern Front¹ November 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy^1,2
5th Panzer Division^1,2	November 1938² Before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 Balkans² April 1941¹: Greece¹ July 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Courland²
5th SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Wiking"²	October 1943^1,2	October 1943 - April 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 July 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Austria², Czechoslovakia²
5th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 5th SS Panzer Division¹)	1940¹	June 1941 - October 1943¹: Eastern Front¹
6th Airborne Division¹ 6th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division² (reformed late 1944)²	1944¹ April 1944²	June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Western Front (destroyed)², Eastern Front², France², Holland²
6th Infantry Division^1,2 (reformed as 6th Volksgrenadier Division¹)	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ August 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
6th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January 1943 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
6th Mountain Division¹ 6th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	1940¹ June 1, 1940²	France², Poland² April 1941¹: Greece^1,2 November 1941 - May 1945¹: Lapland¹, Norway^1,2 Finland²
6th Panzer Division^1,2	1939^1,2	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - April 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 December 1942 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Hungary², Czechoslovakia²
6th SS Mountain Division¹ 6th SS Gebirgs Division, "Nord"²	1941¹ June 1942²	February 1942²: Lappland² February 1942 - December 1944¹: Eastern Front¹ December 1944²: Battle of the Bulge² December 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
7th Airborne Division¹ 7th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1944¹	September 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Albert Canal², Western Germany (destroyed)²
7th Flieger Division¹ (remnants used to form 1st Parachute Division¹)	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ April 1941¹: Greece¹ May 1941¹: Crete¹ June 1941 - March 1943¹: Eastern Front¹
7th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France¹, Flanders² June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
7th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January - May 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
7th Mountain Division¹ 7th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division² (formed from 99th Light Division²)	1941¹ November 1941²	April 1942 - May 1945¹: Lapland¹, Lappland², Norway^1,2
7th Panzer Division^1,2	1939¹ October 1939²	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Baltic states² December 1942 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
7th SS Mountain Division¹ 7th SS Gebirgs Division, "Prince Eugen"²	1942¹ March 1, 1942²	November 1942 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia^1,2
8th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division² (revolked, reissued January 1945²)	September 1944²	Defense of Rhine²
8th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 8th Jäger Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - January 1942¹: Eastern Front¹
8th Jäger Division^1,2	1942¹	March 1942 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
8th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January - March 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
8th Mountain Division¹ 8th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division²	1945¹ February 1945²	February - May 1945¹: Italy^1,2
8th Panzer Division^1,2	1939¹ October 1939²	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Carpathian Mountains², Moravia²
8th SS Cavalry Division^1,2 "Florian Geyer"²	1942¹ June 1942²	October 1942 - November 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2 November 1943 - April 1944¹: Yugoslavia¹ April 1944 - February 1945¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Budapest¹
9th Airborne Division¹ 9th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1944¹ September 1944² January 1945²	March - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Breslau², Berlin²
9th Infantry Division^1,2 (reformed as 9th Volksgrenadier Division, September 1944¹)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - August 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ December 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
9th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January 1943 - February 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
9th Mountain Division¹ 9th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division, "Nord", "Kraeutler"²	1945¹	1945¹: Norway^1,2
9th Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Rifles) Division, "East"²		Eastern Front²
9th Panzer Division^1,2	1940¹ January 1940²	May - June 1940¹: Holland¹, France^1,2 Balkans² April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - March 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ France², Normandy², Ardennes², Ruhr pocket²
9th SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Hohenstaufen"²	October 1943¹ February 1944²	March - June 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 June 1944 - January 1945¹: North West Europe¹, Western Front² Normandy², Arnhem², Battle of the Bulge² February - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Hungary²
9th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 9th SS Panzer Division¹)	1942¹
10th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	September 1944² February 1945²	Feldbach (destroyed)²
10th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 10th Motorized Division^1,2, October 1940²) (became 10th Panzergrenadier Division²)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945²: Eastern Front²
10th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January 1943 - February 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
10th Panzer Division^1,2	1939¹ April 1939 in Prague²	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - April 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 France², Dieppe raid² December 1942 - May 1943¹: North Africa¹ May 1943²: Tunisia (destroyed)²
10th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹	October 1940¹	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
10th SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Frundsberg"²	October 1943^1,2	March - June 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 June 1944 - March 1945¹: North West Europe¹, Western Front² Normandy², Arnhem², Strasburg² March - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
10th SS Panzer-Grenadier Divison¹ (became 10th SS Panzer Division¹)	1942¹
11th Airborne Division¹ 11th Fallshirmjäger (Airborne) Division²	1945¹ March 1945²	March - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Holland²
11th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
11th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	February 1944 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia¹
11th Panzer Division^1,2	1940¹ August 1940²	April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - May 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2 August 1944¹: Southern France^1,2 September 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Saar², Bavaria²
11th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division, "Nordland"²	1943^1,2	November 1943 - April 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ November 1943²: Croatia² December 1943²: Eastern Front² Courland² March 1945²: Stetin² April 16, 1945²: Berlin²
12th Infantry Division^1,2 (reformed as 12th Volksgrenadier Division, September 1944¹)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ September 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹
12th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	March 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
12th Panzer Division^1,2	October 1940² December 1940^1,2	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Courland²
12th SS Panzer Division^1,2, "Hitler Jugend"²	October 1943^1,2	June 1944 - January 1945¹: North West Europe¹, Western Front² Normandy² January - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ February 1945²: Hungary² Austria²
12th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 12th SS Panzer Division¹)	1943¹
13th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 13th Motorized Division^1,2, 1936¹, 1937²) (became 13th Panzer Division²)	before 1939¹	Poland², FRance²
13th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	February 1943 - February 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
13th Panzer Division^1,2 (rebuilt as Panzer Division "Feldherrenhalle #2")²	October 1940^1,2, in Romania²	June 1941 - May 1945: Eastern Front^1,2 Hungary² January 1945²: Budapest (destroyed)²
13th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 13th Panzer Division¹)	1936¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
13th SS Mountain Division¹ 7th SS Gebirgs Division, "Handscher" (Croatian #1)"²	1943¹ February 1943²	February 1944 - May 1945¹: Yugoslavia¹ Croatia², Hungary², Austria²
14th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 14th Motorized Division, October 1940^1,2) (became 14th Panzergrenadier Division²)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
14th Panzer Division^1,2 (Reformed April 1943¹, summer 1943²)	Summer 1940² August 1940¹	April 1941: Yugoslavia^1,2 June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, Destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 November 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Courland²
14th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (became 14th Infantry Division^1,2, summer 1943²)	October 1940¹	June 1941 - July 1943^1,2: Eastern Front^1,2
14th SS Grenadier Division¹ 14th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Galician #1)² (renamed 14th Volunteer Grenadier Division, June 1944²) (reformed November 1944¹)	1943¹ July 1943²	March - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ April - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Lemberg², Austria²
15th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	June - November 1941¹: Eastern Front^1,2 February 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
15th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	January - November 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
15th Panzer Division^1,2 (Became 15th Light Division, April 1941²) (Reformed as 15th Panzer Grenadier^1,2, July 1943²)	August 1940² October 1940¹	April 1941 - May 1943¹: North Africa¹, Tunisia², Destroyed in North Africa¹, Destroyed in Tunisia²
15th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 15th Panzergrenadier Division²	1943¹ May 1943², July 1943²	July - August 1943¹: Sicily^1,2 September 1943 - September 1944¹: Italy^1,2 September 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ France², Battle of the Bulge², Reichswald²
15th SS Grenadier Division¹ 15th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Latvian #1)²	1943¹ February 1943²	November 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Novo-Sokolniki², Latvia², West Prussia²
16th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 16th Panzer Division^1,2) (became 16th Panzergrenadier Division²)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
16th Infantry Division¹ (formed from 158th Reserve Division and 16th Luftwaffe Division¹)	1944¹	July - September 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
16th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
16th Panzer Division^1,2 (Reformed March 1943¹)	1940¹, October 1940²	June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, Destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 France² September - November 1943¹: Italy^1,2 November 1943^1,2 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Yugoslavia², Eastern Front² March 1944²: Ukraine (destroyed)²
16th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (becomes 116th Panzer Division¹)	1940¹	April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - March 1944¹: Eastern Front¹
16th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division, "Reichsführer SS"²	1943¹ June 1944²	July 1943 - April 1944¹: Italy¹ Anzio² April - June 1944¹: Yugoslavia¹ Hungary² June 1944 - March 1945¹: Italy^1,2 Hungary² March - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Austria²
17th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹ (recruited in Bavaria²)	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941^1,2 - June 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 1942²: France² February 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
17th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	August 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
17th Panzer Division^1,2	October 1940^1,2	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 April 1945²: Destroyed²
17th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Goetz von Berlichingen"²	1943¹ May 1944²	June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹ Normandy², Avranches², Metz², Rhine River², Bavaria², Bad Tölz²
18th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 18th Motorized Division^1,2, October 1940² )	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
18th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1942¹	August 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
18th Panzer Division^1,2 (Became 18th Artillery Division¹)	1940¹ October 1940²	June 1941 - November 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2
18th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ (reformed in East Prussia²) (reformed²) (reformed in Berlin²)	October 1940^1,2	Yugoslavia² June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed² January - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Destroyed² Destroyed² Destroyed²
18th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 18th SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"²	1944¹ February 1944²	August - December 1944¹: Eastern Front¹ February - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Yugoslavia²
18th Volksgrenadier Division¹	1944¹	October 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
19th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 19th Panzer Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
19th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1943¹	June - August 1944¹: Italy¹, destroyed¹
19th Panzer Division^1,2	October 1940^1,2	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Ukraine², East Prussia², Bohemia²
19th SS Grenadier Division¹ 19th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Latvian #2)²	1944¹ January 7, 1944²	March 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Leningrad², Courland²
20th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 20th Motorized Division^1,2, 1937²)	before 1939¹
20th Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1943¹	June - November 1944¹: Italy¹ January 1945¹: disbanded¹
20th Panzer Division^1,2	1940¹ October 1940²	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 August 1944²: Romania² December 1944²: Hungary²
20th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 20th Panzergrenadier Division²	1937²,1938¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
20th SS Grenadier Division¹ 20th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Estonian #1)²	October 1, 1942² 1943¹	February 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Breslau²
21st Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
21st Luftwaffe Field Division¹	1943¹	January 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
21st Panzer Division^1,2 (reformed July 1943 in France²)	July 1941^1,2	North Africa²: Destroyed² Western Front² January 1945²: Eastern Front² June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
21st SS Mountain Division¹ 21st SS Gebirgs Division, "Skanderbeg" (Albanian #1)"²	1941¹ April 17, 1944²	April 1944 - May 1945¹: Albania^1,2
22nd Air Landing Division¹	1937¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May 1940¹: Holland¹ June 1941 - July 1942¹: Eastern Division¹ November 1942 - May 1943¹: Tunisia¹ November 1944 - May 1945¹: Greece¹, Yugoslavia¹
22nd Infantry Division^1,2 (became 22nd Air Landing Division^1,2)	before 1939¹
22nd Panzer Division^1,2	1941¹ September 1941²	March - December 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2, disbanded^1,2
22nd SS Cavalry Division¹ 22nd SS Freiwilligen Cavalry Division²	1944¹ April 1944²	October 1944 - February 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Debreczen², Budapest²
23rd Infantry Division^1,2 (became 26th Panzer Division^1,2) (reformed as 23rd Infantry Division²)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1942¹: Eastern Front^1,2 1942²: France² Eastern Front²
23rd Infantry Division¹	1942¹	February 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
23rd Panzer Division^1,2	1940¹ September 1941²	March 1942^1,2 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Poland², Hungary²
23rd SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 23rd SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland"²	1943¹	April - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
24th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Crimea², Courland², Stettin², Pomerania², Elbe²
24th Panzer Division^1,2 (Reformed March 1943¹, in Italy²)	February 1942^1,2	June 1942 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, Destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 October 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2 Hungary², Slovakia², West Prussia², Schleswig-Holstein²
24st SS Gebirgs Division, "Karstjäger"²	July 10, 1942²	Istrian Peninsula², Northern Italy²
25th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 25th Motorized Division^1,2)	pre 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ June 1940¹: France¹
25th Panzer Division¹	1942¹	October 1943 - March 1944¹: Eastern Front¹ September 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
25th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 25th Panzergrenadier Division² (reformed December 1944²)	October 1940^1,2	June 1941 - October 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed² October 1944 - February 1945¹: North West Europe¹ February - May 1945^1,2: Eastern Front^1,2
25th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS "Hunyaki" (Hungarian #1)²	April 1944²	Eastern Front², North West Europe²
26th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 26th Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944¹)	before 1939¹	June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - September 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ 1943²: Kursk² November 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
26th Panzer Division¹	July 1942¹	September 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
26th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS²	March 1945²	Made from Hungarian Army units.²
27th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 17th Panzer Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹
27th Panzer Division^1,2	1942¹	September 1942¹ - January 1943^1,2: Eastern Front^1,2, Disbanded¹, Destroyed²
27th SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division "Langemarck"²	March 1943²	Ukraine², Zhitomir², Battle of the Bulge², Eastern Front²
28th SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Wallonien"²		Eastern Front², Schleswig-Holstein²
28th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 28th Jäger Division^1,2)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June - November 1941¹: Eastern Front¹
28th Jäger Division^1,2	1941¹	March 1942 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
28th Panzer Division² (created from units from 16th Panzer Grenadier Division and 17th Reserve Panzer Division²)	April 1944²	Western Front², Ruhr pocket²
29th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 29th Motorized Division^1,2)	before 1939¹
29th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 29th Panzergrenadier Division² (reformed March 1943¹)	1937², 1938¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, Destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 July - August 1943¹: Sicily¹ September 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy^1,2
29th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Italian #1)²	April 1945²
30th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: Low Countries², France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
30th SS Grenadier Division¹ 30th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS (Russian #2)²	1944¹ Summer 1944²	November 1944 - March 1945¹: North West Europe^1,2 March - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
31st Infantry Division^1,2 (became 31st Volksgrenadier Division, 1944¹)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: Belgium², France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ Kursk² September 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
31st SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division²		Pecs²; Marburg, Yugoslavia²; Silesia²; Königgrätz, Czechoslovakia²
32nd Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
32nd SS Freiwilligen Grenadier Division "30 January"²		River Oder², Frankfurt², River Elbe²
33rd Infantry Division^1,2 (became 15th Panzer Division¹) (became 15th Panzergrenadier Division²)	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹
33rd Waffengrenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne" (French #1)²	August 1943²	Sanok², Köslin², Swinemünde², Danzig², Schleswig-Holstein², Danube²
34th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2
34th SS Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 34th SS Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland"²	1943¹ November 1944²	November - December 1943¹: Yugoslavia¹ December 1943- May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
35th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 35th Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944¹)	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: Flanders², France¹ June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ October 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
25th SS Police Grenadier Division²	March 1945²	Cottbus², Berlin²
36th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 36th Motorized Division^1,2) (became 36th Volksgrenadier Division, September 1944¹)	before 1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ May - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ September 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
36th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 36th Panzergrenadier Division² (became 36th Infantry Division^1,2, summer 1943², May 1944¹)	October 1940¹	June 1941 - July 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2
36th Waffengrenadier Division of the SS "Dirlewanger"²	June 1940²	Eastern Front², Poland², River Oder², Halbe Pocket²
37th SS Freiwilligen Cavalry Division "Luetzow"²	February 1945²	Vienna²
38th Infantry Division^1,2 Included Poles and other non-Germans.²	1941¹ Summer 1942²	April - December 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, disbanded¹
38th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Nibelungen"²	March 27, 1945²	Landshut²
39th Infantry Division¹	1942¹	April - December 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, disbanded¹
41st Fortress Division¹ (became 41st Infantry Division, January 1945¹)	1941¹	March 1941 - May 1945¹: Greece¹, Yugoslavia¹
42nd Jäger Division¹	1944¹	May - August 1944¹: Yugoslavia¹ August 1944 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
44th Infantry Division¹ (reformed June 1943¹)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Stalingrad¹ December 1943 - January 1945¹: Italy¹ February - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
45th Infantry Division^1,2 (reformed as 45th Volksgrenadier Division, August 1944¹)	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed¹ Kursk² September 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
46th Infantry Division^1,2	before 1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ July 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Crimea², Caucasus²
47th Infantry Division¹ (reformed as 47th Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944)¹	1944¹	June - September 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹ December 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
48th Infantry Division¹ (reformed as 48th Volksgrenadier Division, February 1945¹)	1944¹	August - November 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹ April - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
49th Infantry Division¹ (merged with 246th Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944¹)	1944¹	August - October 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
50th Infantry Division^1,2	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland^1,2 May - June 1940¹: France^1,2 April 1941¹: Greece¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹ Crimea², Caucasus²
52nd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ April 1940¹: Norway¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - October 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
56th Infantry Division¹ (reformed as 56th Volksgrenadier Division, September 1944¹)	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ October 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
57th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
58th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
59th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	August 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹
60th Infantry Division^1,2 (became 60th Motorized Division^1,2)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹
60th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹ 60th Panzergrenadier Division² (reformed as Panzer-Grenadier Feldherrenhalle^1,2, June 1943²)	October 1940¹	April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹, Balkans² June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2
61st Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
62nd Infantry Division¹ (reformed as 62nd Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944¹)	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - September 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ November 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹
64th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	August - November 1944¹: North West Europe¹
65th Infantry Division¹	1942¹	October 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
68th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
69th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	April 1940¹: Norway¹ April 1943 - April 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
70th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	November 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
71st Infantry Division¹ (reformed April 1943¹)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Stalingrad¹ September 1943 - December 1944¹: Italy¹ December 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
72nd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
73rd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ April 1941¹: Yugoslavia¹ July 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
75th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
76th Infantry Division¹ (reformed April 1943¹)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Stalingrad¹ November 1943 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
77th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	June - September 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
78th Infantry Division¹ (reformed September 1944¹)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ September 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
79th Infantry Division¹ (reformed April 1943¹) (reformed as 79th Volksgrenadier Division, October 1944¹)	1939¹	June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Stalingrad¹ July 1943 - August 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ December 1944 - April 1945¹: North West Europe¹, disbanded¹
81st Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ December 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
82nd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May 1942 - May 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
83rd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	September 1939¹: Poland¹ May - June 1940¹: France¹ December 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
84th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	August 1944 - March 1945¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
85th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
86th Infantry Divison¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, nearly distroyed¹ October 1944¹: disbanded¹
87th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
88th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ February 1942 - April 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
89th Infantry Division¹	1944¹	June 1944 - May 1945¹: North West Europe¹
90th Light Division¹ 90th Light Africa Division² (converted to 90th Infantry Division (Motorized), March 1942²)	1941¹ August 1941²	August 1941¹ - May 1943^1,2: North Africa^1,2, destroyed^1,2
90th Panzer-Grenadier Division¹	1943¹	November 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
91st Air Landing Division¹	1944¹	June - August 1944¹: North West Europe¹, destroyed¹
92nd Infantry Division¹	1943¹	January - June 1944¹: Italy¹, disbanded¹
93rd Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ July 1941 - March 1945¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹
94th Infantry Division¹ (reformed April 1943¹)	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ July 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed at Stalingrad¹ November 1943 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
95th Infantry Division¹ (reformed as 95th Volksgrenadier Division, September 1944¹)	1939¹	June 1941 - July 1944¹: Eastern Front¹, destroyed¹ October 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
96th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ July 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹
97th Infantry Division¹ (became 97th Jäger Division, December 1940¹)	1939¹
97th Jäger Division^1,2	December 1940¹	June 1941 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front^1,2
98th Infantry Division¹	1939¹	May - June 1940¹: France¹ June 1941 - May 1944¹: Eastern Front¹ June - September 1944¹: Yugoslavia¹ September 1944 - May 1945¹: Italy¹
99th Light Division¹ (became 7th Mountain Division¹)	1940¹	June - November 1941¹: Eastern Front¹
100th Infantry Division¹ (became 100th Jäger Division, December 1940¹)	1939¹
100th Jäger Division^1,2 (reformed May 1943¹, in Yugoslavia²)	December 1940¹	June 1941 - February 1943¹: Eastern Front^1,2, destroyed at Stalingrad^1,2 Balkans² July 1943 - February 1944¹: Albania¹ March 1944 - May 1945¹: Eastern Front¹

Sources:

World War II The Encyclopedia of Facts and Figures, John Ellis, 1995
German Army Handbook 1939 - 1945, James Lucas, 1998

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