WORLD WAR 2
Main page Introduction Bookshop
HOT STUFF!
Battles & Campaigns Chronology FORUM Links Site Map Updates
AXIS & ALLIES
Bulgaria Chetnik movement Germany Hungary Italy Kingdom of Yugoslavia Macedonia Montenegro NDH - Independent State of Croatia Serbia Slovenia Soviet Union United Kingdom United States Yugoslavia
WEAPONS 1941-45
Aircraft Armor Artillery Infantry weapons Radio
MORE INFO
Bibliography and sources Comparative chart of Ranks Concentration camps and Prisons Losses of population Glossary
MILITARY HISTORY
Biographies project Military history World War I Armed Forces
MORE
Gaming Sections
SUPPORT THIS SITE
On-line Store How can YOU help? Translation help needed Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk Amazon.ca

Newest updates:
German 202nd Tank Battalion (Pz.Abt.202)
German 172nd Anti-Aircraft (Flak) Battalion
German army battalions in Yugoslavia
1052nd Special Unit (Sonderkommando)
German Security battalions in Yugoslavia

Vojska.net

Promote Your Page Too



22nd Serbian Division

(Dvadesetdruga srpska divizija)

History

Division took part in breakthrough of Syrmian front, it was deployed along Bosut and Spačva river facing German 1230th Regiment of the 41st Infantry Division on the opposite bank. Division lacked artillery necessary for such operation and to make matters worse it was ordered to begun it assault at 23:00 on 11 April 1945, 6 hours before all other divisions would start their attack in order to draw away enemy reserves.

Although initial landings surprised Germans allowing 22nd Division to create bridgehead and transfer its 8th Brigade across Bosut with little casualties advance was quickly halted by main German defense and artillery which due to lack of activities on other sectors of the front entirely redirect against 8th Brigade followed by four counterattacks pushing brigade back to river bank. German general retreat finally halted German artillery and infantry.

In its last battle division suffered horrendous casualties, initial report claimed 325 Germans killed and 250 captured while suffering 170 killed and over 643 wounded , later more accurate figure of 301 killed was reached while number of wounded was probably also much higher.

  • 8th Brigade
    • 113 killed including 18 officers
    • 384+ wounded
  • 10th Brigade
    • 70 killed
    • 143+ wounded
  • 12th Brigade
    • 118 killed
    • 122+ wounded

Division was withdrawn from front, part of it being used form May 1st parade in Belgrade, from Vinkovci to Valjevo and from there it was immediately sent to Bitolj to guard Greek border because of erupting civil war and foreign intervention.

Staff

  • Divisional Commander
    • Živojin Nikolić Brka
    • Ratko Sofijanić, from 1 September 1944
    • Petar Popivoda, from December 1944
  • Political Commissar
    • Dragomir Nikolić Aca, acting from 12 do 26 May 1944
    • Vasa Smajević
    • Dragoslav ĐorÄ‘ević GoÅ¡a, from 13 September 1944
    • Živko Živković, from October 1944
  • Deputy Commander
    • Milan Atlagić, from 20 September 1944
  • Deputy Political Commissar
    • Radoje Ljubičić, from January 1945
  • Chief of Staff
    • Radovan Petrović, from 26 May 1944
    • Stevan Stepanović, from 7 to 20 July 1944
    • Stojadin Soldatović, named on 12 July, took over on 21 July 1944
    • Jovan Đurić, from 10 to 22 September 1944
    • Valentin Horvatić, from 22 September 1944
  • Intelligence officer
    • Branko Pavlović, from 1 June 1944
    • Steva Ivanović, from 15 June 1944
    • Tihomir Slijepčević Gajo, from 7 to 30 September 1944

Battles & Campaigns

This page is also available in the following languages:
• Srpskohrvatski •