Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Order of Battle

The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) was founded in September 1933 as Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard formation. It was given the title Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) in November, 1933.^[1] On 13 April 1934, by order of Himmler, the regiment became known as the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).^[1] In 1939 the LSSAH became a separate unit of the Waffen-SS aside the SS-TV and the SS-VT.^[2]

The LSSAH independently participated in combat during the Invasion of Poland (1939). Elements of the LSSAH later joined the SS-VT prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941 and by the end of World War II they had been increased in size from a Regiment to a Panzer Division.^[3]

SS-Stabswache Berlin February 1933

117 Men under Sepp Dietrich

Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler November 1933

• 1st Battalion
  • 1st Company
  • 2nd Company
  • Machine Gun Company
• 2nd Battalion
  • 1st Company
  • 2nd Company
  • Motor Company ^[4]

Infantry Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler September 1939

• Regimental Headquarters (Josef Dietrich)
• 1st Infantry Battalion
  • 1st Company
  • 2nd Company
  • 3rd Company
  • 4th (MG) Company
• 2nd Infantry Battalion
  • 5th Company
  • 6th Company
  • 7th Company
  • 8th (MG) Company
• 3rd Infantry Battalion
  • 9th Company
  • 10th Company
  • 11th Company
  • 12th (MG) Company
• Panzerabwehrkanone Company (Kurt Meyer)
• Reconnaissance Company
• Motor Cycle Company
• Engineer Company
• Signals Company
• Artillery Battalion
• 4th Wach Battalion (Ceremonial and Guard Duties) ^[5]

Infantry Regiment (mot) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler—April 1941

(Brigade size formation)

• Regimental Headquarters Staff (Josef Dietrich)
• 1st SS Infantry Battalion (mot): (Fritz Witt)
• 2nd SS Infantry Battalion (mot): (Theodor Wisch)
• 3rd SS Infantry Battalion (mot): (SS-Sturmbannführer Wilhelm Weidenhaupt)
• 4th SS Infantry Battalion (mot): (SS-Sturmbannführer Jahnke)
• 5th SS Infantry Battalion (mot): (SS-Sturmbannführer Van Bibber)
• SS Heavy Infantry Battalion (mot) LSSAH: (SS-Sturmbannführer Steineck)
• SS Anti-aircraft Battalion 1 LSSAH: (Bernhard Krause)
• SS Assault gun (Sturmgeschütz) Battalion 1LSSAH: (Georg Schönberger)
• SS Engineer Battalion 1 LSSAH (Christian Hansen)
• SS Reconnaissance Battalion 1 LSSAH: (Kurt Meyer)

1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler - Normandy 1944

Panther tank as used by I /1st SS Panzer Battalion, LSSAH

Panzer IV as used by II /1st SS Panzer Battalion,LSSAH

Sturmgesschutz (Assault gun) as used by 1st SS Assault Gun Battalion, LSSAH

• Divisional Headquarters Staff (Theodor Wisch)
• 1st SS Panzer Regiment (Joachim Peiper)
  • I/1st Panzer Battalion (67x Panthers)
  • II/1st Panzer Battalion (103x Panzer IVs)
• 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Albert Frey)
  • I/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
  • II/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
  • III/1st SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
• 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiment (Rudolf Sandig)
  • I/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
  • II/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
  • III/2nd SS Panzergrenadier Battalion
• 1st SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion (Gustav Knittel)
• 1st SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion (45x Sturmgeschütz III)(Heinrich Heimann)
• 1st SS Artillery Regiment (Franz Steineck)
  • 1st SS Artillery Battalion (2x 105mm Wespe Bty,1x 150mm Hummel Bty)
  • 2nd SS Artillery Battalion (2x 105mm Bty [towed])
  • 3rd SS Artillery Battalion (2x 150mm Bty [towed],1x 100mm Kanon Bty [towed])
• 1st SS Werfer Regiment (Klaus Besch) (3x 150mm Bty [towed])
• 1st SS Anti Aircraft Battalion (Hugo Ullerich) (3x 88 mm guns, 2x 37 mm guns)
• 1st SS Panzer Pioneer Battalion (Gerd Steinert)
• 1st SS Panzer Signal Battalion (Eugene Metz)
• 1st SS Medical Battalion (Dr Liebrich)
• 1st SS Admin Battalion (Obersturmbannführer Paul Tauber)
• 1st SS Repair Battalion (Alfred Gilles)
• 1st SS Supply Battalion (Klaus Stamp)

Note: a SS Panzer Regiment had two Panzer Battalions and a SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment had three Pz-Gren Battalions. ^[6]

See also

• List of Knight's Cross holders 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
• Schutzstaffel

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Cook, Stan and Bender, Roger James. (1994). Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: Uniforms, Organization, & History, San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0-912138-55-8.
• Reynolds, Michael (1997). Steel Inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, Spellmount. ISBN 1-873376-90-1.

External links

• 1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at Feldgrau.com.
• 1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler at Axis History Factbook.
• Leibstandarte "Adolf Hitler" - Waffen SS, miscellaneous photos and Information.
• 1.SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte the premier LAH reenacting unit.

Waffen-SS divisions
Panzer	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 2nd SS Division Das Reich 3rd SS Division Totenkopf 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend SS Heavy Panzer Battalions
Panzergrenadier	11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland
Mountain	6th SS Mountain Division Nord 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian) 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
Cavalry	8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Division Maria Theresia 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow 1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
Infantry	14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) 27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish) 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 38th SS Division Grenadier Nibelungen
Police	4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division
Deception Divisions	26th SS Panzer Division 27th SS Panzer Division
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Schutzstaffel (SS)
Branches	Allgemeine SS Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) Waffen-SS
Leadership	Reichsführer-SS SS and Police Leader SS personnel SS commands
Leaders	Julius Schreck Joseph Berchtold Erhard Heiden Heinrich Himmler Karl Hanke
Main departments	Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS SS Main Office Head Operational Office Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) Economics and Administration Office Office of Race and Settlement (RuSHA) Main Office for Ethnic Germans (VOMI) Office of the Reich Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV) Courts Office Personnel Office Education Office
Ideological institutions	Ahnenerbe Das Schwarze Korps SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz Lebensborn
Police and security services	Regular uniform police (Orpo) Criminal police (Kripo) Secret State police (Gestapo) State Security police (SiPo) SS Security Service (SD)
Führer protection	SS-Begleitkommando des Führers Reichssicherheitsdienst
Paramilitary units	Einsatzgruppen Ypatingasis būrys Lithuanian Security Police Rollkommando Hamann Arajs Kommando Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Ukrainian collaboration Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz Trawnikis
Waffen-SS divisions	Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) Leibstandarte (LSSAH) SS Division Das Reich SS Division Totenkopf SS Polizei Division SS Division Wiking
Foreign SS units	Germanic-SS Germaansche SS in Nederland Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen Germanske SS Norge Schalburg Corps Britisches Freikorps S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS
SS-controlled enterprises	Ostindustrie Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke DEST Allach porcelain Apollinaris Mattoni Sudetenquell Anton Loibl
SS awards	SS Sword of Honour SS Honour Ring
Ranks, uniforms and insignia	Uniforms and insignia of the SS Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS Ranks and insignia of the Orpo Corps colours of the Waffen-SS