11th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

Division 11th Krajina Division Flag of Yugoslavia (1943–1946).svg 220 Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans) 1944–1945 Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisan Army Infantry Division 3rd Corps (Yugoslav Partisans)12th Corps (Yugoslav Partisans)1st Army (Yugoslav Partisans) World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Hackfleisch * Belgrade Offensive * Syrmian Front 11th Krajina Division June 1943 5th Krajina Brigade12th Krajina Brigade The 11th Krajina Division (Jedanaesta krajiška 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. The term krajiška in its name refers to Bosanska Krajina. The division was formed on 1 May 1943,Samardžija 1987 16 with 5th and 12th Krajina Brigade in its composition. It was subordinated to the 2nd Bosnia Corps, and on 19 July 1943 it was re-subordinated to 2nd Bosnia (later: Third) Corps.Samardžija 1987 35 As part of the 3rd Corps it spent August 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia. Notes References Borojević Ljubomir Samardžija Dušan Bašić Rade Peta kozaračka brigada Fifth Kozara Brigade 1973 https://znaci.org/00001/163.htm Narodna knjiga Beograd 78900192 Hoare Marko Attila Marko Attila Hoare 2006 Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks 1941–1943 Oxford University Press New York 978-0-19-726380-8 George Lepre Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945 Schiffer Publishing Atglen, Philadelphia 1997 0-7643-0134-9 Marjanović Joco Kukolj Mile Vujović Milutin Gaćeša Boro Ranilović Rade Dvanaesta krajiška NOU brigada Twelfth Krajina NOU Brigade 1986 https://znaci.org/00001/168.htm Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar Beograd 17804353 Samardžija Dušan D. Jedanaesta krajiška NOU divizija Eleventh Krajina NOU Division 1987 https://znaci.org/00001/76.htm Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar Beograd 28008293 Velimir Vuksic Tito's Partisans 1941-45 Osprey Publishing Oxford 2003 978-1-841766-75-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=SLix5hc4WRgC June 2017 Category:Divisions of the Yugoslav Partisans Category:Military units and formations established in 1944 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Category:History of Bosanska Krajina Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina in World War II