36th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

36th Vojvodina Division
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 12th Corps Partisan 3rd Army
Engagements	World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Save * Operation Osterei * Operation Heiderose * Belgrade Offensive * Syrmian Front * Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Marko Perić

The 36th Vojvodina Division (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Tridesetšesta 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.

References

• 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)
• Mraović, Nikola (1985). Peta vojvoðanska brigada. Novi Sad: Institut za istoriju. OCLC 443739099. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Ninković, Živan M. (1973). Šesta vojvoðanska. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 22037090. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Panić, Radovan (1980). Treća vojvođanska NOU brigada. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 164089159. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841766-75-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)