The 2nd Assault Corps ( sh-Latn, Drugi udarnički korpus) was a
Yugoslav Partisan corps 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.
History
Formation
It was created on 10 October 1943 from the
2nd (Proletarian) and
3rd (Assault) Divisions. Later the
29th (Herzegovina) (Nov. 1943) and
37th (Sandžak) Divisions (Mar. 1944) and the ''Primorje Operational Group'' (Feb. 1944) were added.
Commanders
Its first commander was
Peko Dapčević and political commissar was
Mitar Bakić. From the end of July 1944, the commander was
Radovan Vukanović
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.
Battles
The Corps fought in Montenegro, Sandžak and Herzegovina.
1943-44
In winter 1943-1944 it withstood the German
Operation Kugelblitz. During the
Andrijevica Operation
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History
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(summer 1944), it defeated the
21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg
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. Later that year, it participated in the
Durmitor Operation
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The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...
and liberated Montenegro, Sandžak and part of Herzegovina.
1945
In 1945, it fought in the
Sarajevo Operation
The Sarajevo Operation was an operation by the Yugoslav Partisan Army which led to the liberation of Sarajevo and Central Bosnia in March-April 1945.
The Battle
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.
Disbandment
The 2nd Corps was disbanded on 25 April 1945 and its units transferred to the 2nd Army and 3rd Army.
Sources
vojska.net
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Corps of the Yugoslav Partisans
Military units and formations established in 1943
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945