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During Ww2?
After the Normandy landings and up until the end of the Ardennes offensive. Around 104 German Divisions were facing the Western Allies including Italy while nearly 200 divisions were facing the Soviets including the Balkans. After the failure in the Ardennes, more Divisions were sent east. To give a very precise answer would involve detailed study because by the end off 44 and the creation of Volksgrenadier Divisions either from scratch or by rebuilding shattered units, the inclusion of newly created Waffen SS Divisions, most of which never achieved full Divisional status. Add to this the creation of Divisions composed of RAD (Reichs Arbeit Dienst) ie Labour service personnel. Therefore. A full list of available units would be misleading as many were Divisions in name only.
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Therefore, in order to make up the facts. “As of June 1944, the total number of units in the German forces was more than 80,000. Most of these were Volkssturm units (volksgrenadiers — Volksgrenadiers) that constituted the bulk of the German force.” The vast majority of the available units consisted of German Volkssturm units except the Waffen-SS in all its forms.”. However, for your information, I have checked some names of these units and found they are not listed even in my archives. A few years ago, my research turned up the name of a unit that was known as Waffen-SS-Kriegsmarine (SSK) “Panther”, as these units were not listed in The Official History of the G.H.Q. as such. Although these units were not included on the Western Front in the same way all the divisions of the German Armed Forces were, in many cases the names.