12th Corps (Yugoslav Partisans)

12th Corps

Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active 1944–1945
Country Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type Infantry
Size Corps
Part of 3rd Army
Engagements World War II in Yugoslavia
* Operation Heiderose
* Operation Hackfleisch
Disbanded 28 March 1945

The 12th Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 12. Korpus) was a corps of the Yugoslav Partisans that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II. It was formed on 1 July 1944 with the 16th Vojvodina Division and 36th Vojvodina Division and subsequently took the 51st Vojvodina Division under command. It was subordinated to the Partisan 3rd Army on 1 January 1945. The 12th Corps spent the latter half 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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