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Order of battle of Croatian Home Defense Army
October 1942
around 100000 Home Defense soldiers
Ante Pavelic
General Staff of Home Defense
Chief of General Staff: Lieutenant-General Ivan Prpich
1st Mountain Division - Bjelovar 1st Mountain Brigade 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion 3rd Battalion 4th Battalion Mountain Artillery Battery Pioneer Platoon 2nd Mountain Brigade - same as 1st 3rd Mountain Brigade - same as 1st 4th Mountain Brigade - same as 1st Armored Company 1st Home Defense Corps Commander: Colonel Vladimir Kalchak
HQ in Sisak
1st Home Defense Corps Military District Commander: Colonel Petar Tomac
HQ in Petrinja
Great counties of Bilogora, Zagorje, Prigorje, Pokupje, Gota, Modrus, Vinodol i Podgorje, Krbava i Psat, Bribir i Sidraga, Gacka i Lika, city of Zagreb.
1st Infantry Division - Bjelovar
Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Antun Shvajger1st Infantry Regiment - Bjelovar 2nd Infantry Regiment - Zagreb 11th Infantry Regiment - Sisak 1st Artillery Battalion - Varaždin 2nd Artillery Battalion - Zagreb 1st Mobile Company - Zagreb 2nd Infantry Division - Bihac
Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Redelstein3rd Infantry Regiment - Karlovac 12th Infantry Regiment - Otochac 15th Infantry Regiment - Knin 8th Artillery Battalion - Bihac 10th Artillery Battalion - Zagreb Petrinja Brigade - formed in July 1942. for anti-partisan duties in Slavonia. Ex-combined Gendarmerie Regiment Zagreb Cavalry Regiment - Zagreb 1st Pioneer Battalion - Sisak 3rd Pioneer Battalion - Karlovac Bicycle Battalion - Koprivnica with 4 Companies Pigeon Company - Zagreb 2nd Home Defense Corps Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Dragutin Helbich
HQ in Slavonski Brod
2nd Home Defense Corps Military District Commander: Colonel Stjepan Jendrashich
HQ in Banja Luka
Great counties of Usora and Soli, Posavje, Sana and Luka, Livac and Zapolje, Baranja, Vuka.
3rd Infantry Division - Vinkovci
Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Josip Kruzic4th Infantry Regiment - Osijek 6th Infantry Regiment - Vinkovci 1st Battalion of 16th Infantry Regiment - unit of German minority in Croatia 3rd Artillery Battalion - Doboj 4th Artillery Battalion - Petrovaradin 3rd Mobile Company - Osijek 4th Infantry Division - Doboj
Commander: Major Robert Merslavich5th Infantry Regiment - Pozega 8th Infantry Regiment - Vinkovci 10th Infantry Regiment - Banja Luka 6th Artillery Battalion - Tuzla 7th Artillery Battalion - Banja Luka 4th Mobile Company - Banja Luka "gromada" detachments Matesha gromada Paja gromada Grum gromada Bosnich gromada Banja Luka Brigade 10th Infantry Regiment 8th Artillery Battalion 1st Assault Battalion 2 Domdo battalions Slavonija Brigade - Osijek, later in Pozega Srijem Brigade - Ruma 5th Frontier Battalion 2nd Pioneer Battalion 4th Pioneer Battalion Tuzla Brigade 1st Assault Battalion - Bihac
elite unit under command of Marshall Slavko Kvaternik3rd Motorized Infantry Company - Osijek 6th Motorized Infantry - Banja Luka 2nd Pioneer Battalion - Banja Luka 4th Pioneer Battalion - Osijek Signals Battalion - Pozega Pigeon Station - Slavonski Brod Railway Battalion - Slavonski Brod 5th Frontier Battalion (under operational command only) 3rd Home Defense Corps Commander: Colonel Ivan Klishanich
HQ in Sarajevo
3rd Home Defense Corps Military District Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Oto Chush
HQ in Travnik
Great counties of Dubrava, Hum, Cetina, Vrhbosna, Pliva and Rama, Lashva and Glaz.
5th Infantry Division - Sarajevo
Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Josip Shtefotich
7th Infantry Regiment - Sarajevo 9th Infantry Regiment - Travnik 5th Artillery Battalion - Sarajevo 5th Mobile Company - Sarajevo 6th Infantry Division - Mostar
Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Vjekoslav Klishanich
13th Infantry Regiment - Mostar 14th Infantry Regiment - Trebinje 9th Artillery Battalion - Mostar 6th Mobile Company - Mostar Zenica Brigade 3rd Motorised Infantry Battalion - Sarajevo Independent Cavalry Battalion - Sarajevo Pigeon Station - Sarajevo 21 Domdo battalions 1st Frontier Battalion (under operational command only) 2nd Frontier Battalion (under operational command only) 3rd Frontier Battalion (under operational command only) 4th Frontier Battalion (under operational command only) This page is also available in the following languages:
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