The 16th Vojvodina Division ( sh-Latn, Šesnaesta vojvođanska divizija) was a
Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against the
Germans,
Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and
Chetniks
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
in occupied
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during
World War II.
When it was created, the 16th Vojvodina Division consisted of mostly
Serbs recruited from
Hungarian–occupied
Bačka. It constituted the first, second, and third Vojvodinian Brigades and had about 3,000 units when it was formed.
By 1941, the Partisan rank-and-file was still predominantly Serbian.
The Partisans initial successes included the liberation of the area that surrounded the Serbian town of
Užice.
As part of the
Partisan 3rd Corps
The 3rd Corps ( sh-Latn, treći korpus) was a Yugoslav Partisan corps that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II. It was created in November 1942 ...
then
Partisan 12th Corps it spent most of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the
in eastern
Bosnia
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...
. The division participated in the
Seventh Offensive
Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven.
Seventh may refer to:
* Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
* A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts
Film and television
*"The Seventh", a second-season epi ...
from March to June 1944.
The division's later conflict with the Chetniks, which grew into a civil war, was rooted on the dispute between the pro-Communist and the nationalist wings of the Serb rebellion.
The Division also participated in the
Battle of Batina
The Battle of Batina or Batina Operation () was a battle fought on the Syrmian Front of the Second World War between the units of the Red Army and the Yugoslav Partisans against the Wehrmacht and their allies. The battle took place from 11 to ...
(November 1944).
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Divisions of the Yugoslav Partisans