36th Division (Yugoslav Partisans) explained

Unit Name:36th Vojvodina Division
Dates:1944–1945
Country:Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch:Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type:Infantry
Size:Division
Command Structure:Partisan 3rd Corps
Partisan 12th Corps
Partisan 3rd Army
Battles:World War II in Yugoslavia
Notable Commanders:Dušan Vukasović

The 36th Vojvodina Division (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.

The Division also participated in the Battle of Batina (November 1944).

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