3rd Macedonian shock brigade

It was founded on February 26, 1944 in the village of Zheglian . The structure included three battalions named after Stefan Naumov, Orce Nikolov and Khristian Todorovsky. She received a baptism of fire on February 29 in battles with chetniks near the village of Seyats , continuing the battle with them in Novy Selo on March 3 . Participated in the battles for the villages of Bilyach , Buschran , Svinishte and Ristovac .

In the spring, along with other parts of the NOAU, it participated in the battles of Kratovo, Pobien-Kamen, Tsrnook, Stanikin-Krst, Znopol, Liss, Kosmatts, Golak, Kosturino, Kushkulia, on Mount Krush and in other settlements. Parts of the 3rd and 2nd Macedonian shock brigades together formed the 4th Macedonian shock brigade on June 24, 1944 . The anthem of the 3rd brigade was Panche Peshev ’s song “What a laugh”.

The brigade acted on the Kumanovo - Kriva Palank line , joining the Bulgarian forces in the battles of Stracin , Mlado-Nagorichan , Klechevets . Parts of the brigade were guarded by Macedonian delegates at the First Congress of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the Liberation of Macedonia , which took place on August 2, 1944 . On the night of August 9–10, the brigade managed to defeat a Bulgarian police detachment of 120 people, and then, with the support of the Kumanov detachment, attacked Ristovac.

September 7, 1944 3rd brigade together with the 8th and 12th brigades in the 42nd Macedonian division , which participated in the liberation of Veles , Skopje and Tetovo . Parts of the division, including the 3rd brigade, participated in the battles on the Sremsky front in January 1945 , fighting near Ilintsy , Tovarnik , Strizhivoyno , Vrpol , Slavonskaya Pozhega .

• Tikhomir Miloshevsky , commander ( February 26 - August 6, 1944 )
• Kosta Yashmakov , commander ( August 6 - September 1944 ); Chief of Staff ( June 21 - August 6, 1944 )
• Yordan Tsekov ( September 1944 - March 1945 ); deputy commander (from August 6, 1944 )
• Costa Bolyanovich , commander (since March 1945 )
• Naum Weslievsky , deputy commander ( February 26 - August 6, 1944 ); Politruk ( March - June 6, 1944 )
• Vasco Karangelovsky , deputy commander (since June 21, 1944 )
• Mile Filipovsky , deputy commander (since March 1945 )
• Ivan Doichinov , deputy commander
• Dimche Belovsky , political instructor ( February 26 - August 6, 1944 )
• Boris Chushkarov , political instructor (since June 21, 1944 )
• Petar "Minche" Balamburov , political instructor (until March 1945 )
• Milorad Drenjanin , political instructor (since March 1945 )
• Kiril Mikhailovsky , political instructor
• Zlatko Bilyanovsky , Deputy Political Director (since February 26, 1944 )
• Lilyana “Savelych” Maneva , deputy political instructor (until August 6, 1944 )
• Estreya Ovadia , deputy company political officer
• Stero Crango , Chief of Staff
• Boris Milevsky , chief of staff (from February 26 to August 6, 1944 )
• Good Stark Arsovsky , chief of staff ( August 6, 1944 - March 1945 )
• Traiko Kostovsky , chief of staff (since March 1945 )
• Traiko Stoikovsky , battalion commander
• Anthony Filipovsky , commander of the second battalion
• Feather Ivanovsky
• Dame Krapchev
• Svetislav Ristic
• Laz Gashchovsky
• Pande Ilievsky
• Isaac Zion
• Mordo Nahmias
• Fana Kochovskaya
• Hamdi Demir
• Traiko Gramatikov (from August 6, 1944 )
• Art. Markowski

• War encyclopedia (kiga friend) . Beograd 1971. year.
• Macedonian encyclopedia (kiga prva) . “MANU”, Skopje 2009. year.

• Bulletin Officer, br. 5, 2001, p. 3