16th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

16th Vojvodina Division
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Country	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch	Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type	infantry
Size	division
Part of	Partisan 3rd Corps Partisan 12th Corps Partisan 3rd Army
Engagements	World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Osterei * Operation Maiglöckchen * Operation Vollmond * Operation Heiderose * Belgrade Offensive * Syrmian Front * Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Danilo Lekić

The 16th Vojvodina Division (Serbo-Croatian: Šesnaesta vojvođanska 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. When it was created it consisted mostly of Serbs recruited from Hungarian–occupied Bačka. As part of the Partisan 3rd Corps then Partisan 12th 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.

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References

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