27th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

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.

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

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.

Notes

    References

    • Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841766-75-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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