33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) was formed from Hungarian volunteers, in December 1944. It never had more than one regiment when it was absorbed by the 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) the following month, after it was almost destroyed in the fighting near

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

.German Order of Battle, Volume 3 By Samuel W. Jr Mitcham, p.189 There is also some doubt that there ever was a 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) in anything but name.Waffen-SS
edited by Ray Merriam. p.19 The number 33 was re-issued and given to the

Charlemagne Division The Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne (german: Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne") was a Waffen-SS unit formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German un ...

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Cavalry divisions of the Waffen-SS Foreign volunteer units of the Waffen-SS Military units and formations established in 1944 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 {{Germany-mil-unit-stub