16th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)
The 16th Vojvodina Division (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Šesnaesta vojvođanska divizija) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II.
| 16th Vojvodina Division | |
|---|---|
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| Country | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
| Branch | Yugoslav Partisan Army |
| Type | infantry |
| Size | division |
| Part of | Partisan 3rd Corps Partisan 12th Corps Partisan 3rd Army |
| Engagements | World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Osterei * Operation Maiglöckchen * Operation Vollmond * Operation Heiderose * Belgrade Offensive * Battle of Batina * Syrmian Front * Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Danilo Lekić |
When it was created it consisted mostly of Serbs recruited from Hungarian–occupied Bačka. As part of the Partisan 3rd Corps then Partisan 12th Corps it spent most of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia.
The Division also participated in the Battle of Batina (November 1944).
Notes
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References
- Atanacković, Žarko (1978). Druga vojvoðanska NOU brigada [Second Vojvodina NOU Brigade]. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 80355858.
- Grujić, Periša (1959). S̆esnaesta Vojvod̆anska divizija: borbena dejstva od formiranja do oslobođenja zemlje [Sixteenth Vojvodina Division: Combat Activities from Forming to the Liberation of the Country]. Beograd: Vojno delo. OCLC 13108684.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Lagator, Špiro (1983). Četvrta vojvođanska brigada [Fourth Vojvodina Brigade]. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 255495489.
- Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Vasić, Đorđe; Savić, Sreta (1979). Prva vojvođanska brigada [First Vojvodina Brigade]. Novi Sad: Institut za istoriju. OCLC 441399168.
- Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841766-75-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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