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4th Corps of NOVJ
(ÄŒetvrti korpus NOVJ)
(1st Corps of NOV Croatia)
(Prvi korpus NOV Hrvatske)History
Formed on 22 November 1942 with 6th Lika, 7th Banija and 8th Kordun divisions as First Corps of People's Liberation Army of Croatia (NOVH) and by order of of Supreme Headquarters of NOV i POJ on 5 October 1943 renamed as Fourth Corps. Fought in Croatia, South of the Sava river and in operations in Una river valley. During the Fourth offensive (Operation WEISS) Corps was heavily engaged on Banija, Kordun and defended liberated area of Lika. During 1943 in successful actions created liberated territory between rivers Una and Sava, Slovenia, Gorski Kotar and Lika. In final operations of Yugoslav army, corps participated in liberation of Bihać, Lika, Karlovac and Zagreb. Disbanded on 15 May 1945.
Corps organization on 30 March 1945:
- 7th Banija Division
- 8th Kordun Division
- 34th Croatian Division
- Banija partisan detachment
- Krajina partisan detachment
- Turopolje-Posavina partisan detachment
- Karlovac partisan detachment
- Artillery Brigade
- Youth Brigade
- Tank Battalion
- Pontoon Battalion
- Car Battalion
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Air Bases
- etc.
- Corps Military Districts
- Banija Military District
- Bihać Military District
- 1st Kodrun Military District
- 2nd Kordun Military District
- Posavina-Turopolje Military District
- Žumberak Military District
- Karlovac Military District
With total strength of 22876 soldiers out of which:
- 19138 peasants
- 2028 workers
- 11111 Serbs
- 7983 Croats
- 2883 Muslims
Armed with:
- 9736 Rifles
- 1013 Submachine-guns
- 796 Light Machine-guns
- 109 Heavy Machine-guns
- 58 Light Mortars
- 7 Heavy Mortars
- 12 Howitzers
- 21 Field guns
- 25 Anti-tank guns
- 13 Tanks
- 36 Pontoons
- etc.
Battles & Campaigns
References
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