The 3rd Bosnian corps of the NOAU ( Serbhoron . Three Bosansky corps NOVЈ / Treći bosanski korpus NOVJ ) is the military formation of the NOAU, formed on November 9, 1942 by order of Josip Broz Tito . He participated in the People's Liberation War of Yugoslavia . Originally called the 1st Bosnian People’s Liberation Shock Corps ( Serbhorv . Prvi Bosansky People’s Liberation Shock Corps / Prvi bosanski narodnooslobodilački udarni korpus ). It included all partisan detachments, brigades and divisions in the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| 3rd Bosnian Corps | |
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 3rd shock division of the 3rd corps in Tuzla, October 1942 | |
| Years of existence | November 9, 1942 - May 1945 |
| A country |  Yugoslavia |
| Subordination | NOUA |
| Included in | 2nd army |
| Type of | infantry |
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| Famous commanders | Costa Nagy , Vlado Popovich |
Structure
The 1st Bosnian People’s Liberation Shock Corps was based on the 4th and 5th Krai Divisions, the 6th Proletarian East Bosnian Shock Brigade and partisan detachments from the Bosnian Krajina. The corps was commanded by Costa Nagy. The post of political commissar was held by Osman Karabegovich (both - People’s Heroes of Yugoslavia). On May 11, 1943, two other corps were formed from the personnel of the corps: the 5th Krainskaya division , the 6th Proletarian East Bosnian shock brigade , the 15th Mayevitsky brigade and three partisan detachments remained in the 1st Bosnian corps (Sremsky, Birchansky and Shekovichsky).
Part of the headquarters with the commander Kosta Nadim and the 2nd Krainsky Brigade moved in September to Eastern Bosnia, where the 3rd Bosnian Corps was formed from the 16th Voevodinsky and 17th East Bosnian Divisions . Costa Nagy became the corps commander, Vlado Popovich was appointed political commissar. On the basis of the 1st Bosnian Corps, the 5th shock corps was formed with commander Slavko Rodich . The line of separation of the operational zones of the 3rd and 5th buildings was the Bosna River. In October 1943, the 3rd Corps was strengthened by the 27th East Bosnian Division .
In March 1944, the 16th Voevodinsky Division, after the formation of the 36th Voevodinsky Division, was transferred to the 12th Voevodinsky Corps . In April, the 17th division sent to Sanjak also left the corps. The 38th East Bosnian Division and a number of local partisan detachments were then included in the corps.
Battle Path
The corps participated in both Tuzlan operations, fighting against the 2nd Wehrmacht tank army . In December 1943, he participated in repelling German offensives in the framework of operations Kugelblits and Schneishturm, from March to May 1944 he repelled the onslaught of the 5th SS mountain corps and 13th SS Khanjar mountain division . On September 17, 1944, he liberated Tuzla , after which he waged protracted battles against Army Group E. In December 1944, he was squeezed by the 34th Wehrmacht Army Corps and the Chetnik forces of Drazhi Mikhailovich, but survived the defense of Tuzla from December 24 to 28.
At the end of the war, the corps was transferred to the 2nd Yugoslav army, participated in the Sarajevo operation, the defeat of the Chetniks in the Neretva, Sutjeski and Romania valleys, as well as the destruction of Ustash units in Posavin .
Literature
- War of the Encyclopedia , Belgrade, 1975.