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16th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)

Field	Value
unit_name	16th Vojvodina Division
image	Flag of Yugoslavia (1943–1946).svg
image_size	220
caption	Flag of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (used by the Partisans)
country	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
branch	Yugoslav Partisan Army
type	infantry
size	division
command_structure	Partisan 3rd Corps
Partisan 12th Corps
[Partisan 3rd Army](3rd-army-yugoslav-partisans)
battles	World War II in Yugoslavia
* [Operation Osterei](13th-waffen-mountain-division-of-the-ss-handschar-1st-croatian-anti-partisan-operations-march-to-may-1944)
* [Operation Maiglöckchen](13th-waffen-mountain-division-of-the-ss-handschar-1st-croatian-anti-partisan-operations-march-to-may-1944)
* [Operation Vollmond](13th-waffen-mountain-division-of-the-ss-handschar-1st-croatian-anti-partisan-operations-june-august-1944)
* [Operation Heiderose](13th-waffen-mountain-division-of-the-ss-handschar-1st-croatian-anti-partisan-operations-june-august-1944)
* Belgrade Offensive
* Battle of Batina
* Syrmian Front
* Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia)
notable_commanders	Danilo Lekić

Partisan 12th Corps Partisan 3rd Army

Operation Osterei
Operation Maiglöckchen
Operation Vollmond
Operation Heiderose
Belgrade Offensive
Battle of Batina
Syrmian Front
Operation Wehrwolf (Yugoslavia) 2nd Vojvodina Brigade 4th Vojvodina Brigade 15th Vojvodina Brigade Artillery Brigade The 16th Vojvodina Division (Šesnaesta vojvođanska divizija) was a Yugoslav Partisan division that fought against Nazi Germany, the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II.

When it was created, the 16th Vojvodina Division consisted of mostly Serbs recruited from Hungarian–occupied Bačka. It constituted the first, second, and third Vojvodinian Brigades and had about 3,000 units when it was formed. By 1941, the Partisan rank-and-file was still predominantly Serbian. The Partisans initial successes included the liberation of the area that surrounded the Serbian town of Užice.

As part of the Partisan 3rd Corps then Partisan 12th Corps, it spent most of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in eastern Bosnia. The division participated in the Seventh Offensive from March to June 1944.

The division's later conflict with the Chetniks, which grew into a civil war, was rooted on the dispute between the pro-Communist and the nationalist wings of the Serb rebellion.

The Division also participated in the Battle of Batina (November 1944).

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References

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{{Cite book |trans-title=Sixteenth Vojvodina Division: Combat Activities from Forming to the Liberation of the Country
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References

Hoare, Marko Attila. (2014). "The Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War". Oxford University Press.
Batinić, Jelena. (2015). "Women and Yugoslav Partisans: A History of World War II Resistance". Cambridge University Press.
(1953). "East European Accessions Index". U.S. Government Printing Office.

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