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28th Slavonia Division
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active1943–1945
Country Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Part of Partisan 6th Corps
Partisan 2nd Army
Engagements World War II in Yugoslavia

The 28th Slavonia Division ( Serbo-Croatian Latin: Dvadesetosma slavonska 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.

It was formed in May 1943 on Papuk mountain near Požega in Slavonia. It fought briefly against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia in late 1944.

References

  • Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN  0-7643-0134-9.
  • Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN  1-841766-75-5.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
28th Slavonia Division
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active1943–1945
Country Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Part of Partisan 6th Corps
Partisan 2nd Army
Engagements World War II in Yugoslavia

The 28th Slavonia Division ( Serbo-Croatian Latin: Dvadesetosma slavonska 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.

It was formed in May 1943 on Papuk mountain near Požega in Slavonia. It fought briefly against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia in late 1944.

References

  • Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN  0-7643-0134-9.
  • Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN  1-841766-75-5.

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