2nd strike corps of the NOAU ( serbochor. Other strike corps of the NOVЈ / Drugi udarni korpus NOVJ ) - a military formation of the NOAA formed on October 5, 1943 from the 2nd Proletarian and 3rd strike divisions, as well as eight partisan detachments from the territory of Montenegro, Kotor Gulf, Herzegovina and Sanjak. It was disbanded on April 25, 1945 (units were included in the 2nd and 3rd Yugoslav armies).
| 2nd shock building | |
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 Tanks of the 2nd shock corps in Niksic , 1944 | |
| Years of existence | October 5, 1943 - April 25, 1945 |
| A country |  Yugoslavia |
| Subordination | NOUA |
| Included in | 2nd army 3rd army |
| Type of | infantry |
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| Famous commanders | Peko Dapchevich , Mitar Bakich |
Structure
From November 21, 1943 , the 29th Herzegovina Division was part of the corps, from February 23, 1944 - the Primorsky Task Force, and from March 4, 1944 - the 37th Sanjak Division . The 5th Krainskaya and 17th East Bosnian divisions were temporarily under operational control of the corps.
Peko Dapchevich commanded the corps, and Mitar Bakic (both People's Heroes) was the political commissar.
The scale of hostilities
Since the end of January 1944, the headquarters of the 2nd shock corps served as the Main Headquarters of the People’s Liberation Army and the partisan detachments of Montenegro , conducted military operations on the territory of Sandzak, Montenegro and Herzegovina. The divisions participated in the Andrievitsa, Durmitor, Sarajevo and Mostar operations.
Literature
- Encyclopedia War . - Beograd, 1975.
- Radovan Vukanoviћ. Others hit the hull . - Beograd: Military Publishing Factory, 1982.