27th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)
27th East Bosnia Division | |
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Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans) | |
Active | 1944–1945 |
Country | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Branch | Yugoslav Partisan Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Part of | Partisan 3rd Corps Partisan 2nd Army |
Engagements | World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Maiglöckchen * Operation Fliegenfänger * Operation Hackfleisch |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Pero Kosorić Miloš Zekić |
Military unit
The 27th East Bosnia Division (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Dvadesetsedma istočno-bosanska divizija) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
As part of the Partisan 3rd 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.
Notes
References
- Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9.
- Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841766-75-5.
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