Partisan 9th Corps
The 9th Corps, in Slovenian IX Korpus, was a unit of the Yugoslavian Liberation Army during World War II, with many division and brigade-size units, operating in Slovenia, Kroatia and Italy, namely Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
This unit took part to many operations against Germans and Italians before and after the surrender of Italy in 8 September 1943; one of the more remarkable was the German Operation Adler, which saw confrontation between German and Fascist Italian armies and some brigades of the Corps.
After a decision of Palmiro Togliatti, all communist units (named Garibaldini after Giuseppe Garibaldi) operating in territories reclaimed by Yugoslavians were to be incorporated into NOVJ (the Popular Yugoslavian Army of Liberation),[1] and wrote personally the content of the order of the day to be adopted by communist partisans.[2]
List of units [edit]
- 19th SNOB (Slovenian brigade of national liberation) "Srečko Kosovel"[3]
- 30th jugoslavian division, based on 17ª SNOB (Slovenian brigade of national liberation) "Simon Gregorčič" and 18ª SNOUB (Slovenian assault brigade of national liberation) "Bazoviška"
- Division Garibaldi "Natisone" (Italian partisans), composed from 156th partisan brigade "Bruno Buozzi" and 157th brigade "Guido Picelli"
- 20th brigade "Garibaldi Triestina", formed with Italian partisans
- 31ª jugoslavian division, based on 3th SNOUB "Ivan Gradnik", from 20th battaillon and 7ª SNOUB "France Prešeren".
References [edit]
- ^ Cattaruzza, Marina (2007). L'Italia e il confine orientale.page 270.
- ^ "Quei garibaldini che scelsero Tito". Corriere della Sera. 31 january 1992. Retrieved 28 june 2012.
- ^ Stanko Petelin Vojko: Gradnik Brigade on znaci.net
Bibliography [edit]
- Cattaruzza, Marina. L'Italia e il confine orientale. Il Mulino. ISBN 8815113940. Unknown parameter
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