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27th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

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27th East Bosnia Division
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active1944–1945
CountryDemocratic Federal Yugoslavia
BranchYugoslav Partisan Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
Part ofPartisan 3rd Corps
Partisan 2nd Army
EngagementsWorld War II in Yugoslavia
* Operation Maiglöckchen
* Operation Fliegenfänger
* Operation Hackfleisch
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Pero Kosorić
Miloš Zekić
Military unit
27th East Bosnia Division (November 1943)
Parent unitPartisan 3rd Corps
Components2nd Krajina Brigade
17th Majevica Brigade
19th Birač Brigade
18th Croatia Brigade

The 27th East Bosnia Division (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Dvadesetsedma istočno-bosanska divizija) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.

As part of the Partisan 3rd 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

World War II in Yugoslavia
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Croatia
Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
Strategic bombing
see also
Factions in the Yugoslav Front
People of the Yugoslav Front
Yugoslav Partisans military units
Armies
Army Corps
Divisions
Detachments
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