12th Corps (Yugoslav Partisans)

12th Corps
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active	1944–1945
Country	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch	Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Corps
Part of	3rd Army
Engagements	World War II in Yugoslavia * Operation Heiderose * Operation Hackfleisch
Disbanded	28 March 1945

12th Corps (January 1945)
Parent unit	3rd Army
Components	16th Vojvodina Division 36th Vojvodina Division

The 12th Corps (Serbo-Croatian: 12. Korpus) was a corps of the Yugoslav Partisans that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II. It was formed on 1 July 1944 with the 16th Vojvodina Division and 36th Vojvodina Division and subsequently took the 51st Vojvodina Division under command. It was subordinated to the Partisan 3rd Army on 1 January 1945. The 12th Corps spent the latter half of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia.

Notes

Lepre, George (1997). Himmler's Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943–1945. Atglen, Philadelphia: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0134-9.
Vuksic, Velimir (2003). Tito's Partisans 1941-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-841766-75-5.

World War II in Yugoslavia
1941	Invasion of Yugoslavia Uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina May 1941 Sanski Most revolt June uprising in eastern Herzegovina Siege of Rogatica Olovo Uprising in Serbia Battle of Loznica Battle of Banja Koviljača Operation Uzice (First Enemy Offensive) Operation Mihailovic Novi Pazar Sjenica Uprising in Montenegro Battle of Pljevlja
1942	Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren (Second Enemy Offensive) Operation Trio (Third Enemy Offensive) Kozara Offensive Operation Alfa
1943	Case White (Fourth Enemy Offensive) Case Black (Fifth Enemy Offensive)
1944	Operations Kugelblitz and Schneesturm (Sixth Enemy Offensive) Operation Rösselsprung (Seventh Enemy Offensive) Belgrade Offensive Kosovo Operation
1945	Syrmian Front Battle of Lijevče Field Bar massacre Battle of Poljana Battle of Odžak
Macedonia	World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia
Slovenia	Slovene Lands in World War II
Strategic bombing	Belgrade Podgorica Zadar Zagreb
see also Factions in the Yugoslav Front People of the Yugoslav Front Sandžak Muslim militia

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