3rd Corps (Yugoslav Partisans) explained

Unit Name:Partisan 3rd Corps
Dates:1942–1945
Country:Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch:Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type:Infantry
Size:Corps
Command Structure:Partisan 2nd Army
Battles:World War II in Yugoslavia
  • Operation Wegweiser
    * Operation Save
    * Operation Osterei
    * Operation Maibaum
    * Operation Maiglöckchen
    * Operation Vollmond
    * Operation Fliegenfänger
    * Operation Heiderose
    * Operation Hackfleisch
    Sarajevo Operation
Notable Commanders:Kosta Nađ
Vladimir Popović

The 3rd Corps (treći korpus) was a Yugoslav Partisan corps that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II. It was created in November 1942 as the 1st Bosnian Corps, and underwent a name change in 1943. It grew in size until 1 January 1945 when it was subordinated to the Partisan 2nd Army. The 3rd Corps 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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