14th Slovenian Division

The division was formed on July 13, 1943 in Dolensky on the basis of the 1st Slovenian proletarian shock brigade named after Tone Tomšić and the 2nd Slovenian shock brigade named after Lubomir Scherzer . On July 24, the division, together with the 15th Slovenian division, received baptism of fire in the battle for the Italian fortress of Južemberk, which turned into a multi-day street clash. After leaving Jujemberg, the division fought off numerous attacks by Italian troops.

On August 9, the 3rd Slovenian shock brigade named after Ivan Gradnik and then the 7th Slovenian shock brigade named after Franze Preshern was included in the division, thereby increasing the number of the division to 2,400 people. After the surrender of Italy, three more brigades entered the division, two of which were disbanded. The 3rd and 7th brigades withdrew from the division; in late September, they were replaced by the 13th Slovenian shock brigade named after Mirko Bracic . In early October, the division became part of the 7th Slovenian corps. During the battles for the Stampets, on the night of October 13-14, 1943 the division destroyed the railway connecting Ljubljana with the Gulf of Trieste. From October 21 to November 10, 1944, the division repulsed German attacks as part of the Rommelev Offensive.

After the end of the German offensive as part of the 7th Corps, the 14th Division took Grahovo on November 22 , then Tserknitsa and Begune were liberated by it, and on December 1 Veliké Lachey was captured . On December 9, the division started a battle with the police in Kochevye , however, the ripened units of the 162nd Turkic infantry division drove out partisan units. These exhausting battles weakened the division quite strongly: by January 6, 1944 , the start date of the Styrian raid, only 1,127 people were fighting in the division. During the breakthrough through Zhumberok, Pokule and Croatian Zagorje, the division was missing half of the composition.

In the Savin Alps, the division rested, after which it began to attack small German garrisons. In the second half of 1944 and the beginning of 1945, it did not curtail activity, despite the growth in the number of troops present there, freeing several provinces. On October 26, 1944, the 14th division received the title of shock. At the end of the war, she was engaged in the liquidation of German units and Slovenian collaborationist gangs in Carinthia.

“ Song of the 14th Division "( Slovenian. Pesem 14. divizije ), known under the original name" The song of struggle and victory is floating " ^[1] , became the march of the division. The music was written by composer Svetozar Marolt , the words are poet Karel Destovnik , People's Hero of Yugoslavia and the head of the cultural department of the 14th division. For the first time, a collection of poems and songs by the Descendant was published at the end of 1943 ^[2] .

• Folk Heroes of Ugoslavia . - Beograd, 1975.
• Lado Ambrozhich Novљan. The campaign is fourfold . - Beograd: Military Publishing Factory, 1984.