16th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)
| 16th Vojvodina Division | |
|---|---|
.svg) Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans) | |
| 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 * Syrmian Front * Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia) |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Danilo Lekić |
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. 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.
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References
- Atanacković, Žarko (1978). Druga vojvoðanska NOU brigada. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 80355858.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Grujić, Periša (1959). S̆esnaesta Vojvod̆anska divizija: borbena dejstva od formiranja do oslobođenja zemlje. Beograd: Vojno delo. OCLC 13108684.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Lagator, Špiro (1983). Četvrta vojvođanska brigada. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 255495489.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Vasić, Đorđe; Savić, Sreta (1979). Prva vojvođanska brigada. Novi Sad: Institut za istoriju. OCLC 441399168.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-841766-75-1.
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