36th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

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36th Vojvodina Division
Belgrade Offensive
* Battle of Batina
* Syrmian Front
* Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Dušan Vukasović

The 36th Vojvodina Division (

Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II
.

When it was created it consisted mostly of

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

References

  • Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. .
  • Mraović, Nikola (1985). Peta vojvoðanska brigada [Fifth Vojvodina Brigade]. Novi Sad: Institut za istoriju.
    OCLC 443739099
    .
  • Ninković, Živan M. (1973). Šesta vojvoðanska [Sixth Vojvodina Brigade]. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod.
    OCLC 22037090
    .
  • Panić, Radovan (1980). Treća vojvođanska NOU brigada [Third Vojvodina NOU Brigade]. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. .
  • Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .