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19th North Dalmatia Division
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943–1946)
Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
Active 1943–1945
Country Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Branch Yugoslav Partisan Army
Type Infantry
Size 3,559 (upon formation)
Part of 8th Corps
Engagements World War II in Yugoslavia
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Milan Kuprešanin

The 19th North Dalmatia Division (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Devetnaesta severnodalmatinska divizija) was a Yugoslav Partisan division formed in Biovičino Selo on 4 October 1943. Upon formation it had 3,559[1] soldiers in three brigades, those being: the 5th, 6th and 7th Dalmatia Brigades.[2] During all of its existence it was a part of the 8th Corps. Commander of the division was Milan Kuprešanin while its political commissar was Petar Babić. The division mostly operated in Dalmatia, Lika and Bosnia.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vojna Enciklopedija tom II. Belgrade. 1971. pp. 422. 
  2. Vojni leksikon. Belgrade: Vojnoizdavački zavod. 1981. pp. 835. 
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