The 5th Bosnian Corps ( sh-Latn, Peti bosanski udarni korpus) was a
Yugoslav Partisan
The Yugoslav Partisans, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...
corps
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that fought against the
Germans
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Independent State of Croatia
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(NDH) and
Chetniks in occupied
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
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during
World War II
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.
It was first created on 11 May 1943 as the 2nd Bosnian Corps from the
1st Bosnian Corps
The 3rd Corps ( sh-Latn, treći korpus) was a Yugoslav Partisan corps that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Chetniks in occupied Democratic Federal Yugoslavia during World War II. It was created in November 194 ...
, together with the 5th Division. Virtually all units of the 1st Bosnian Corps were transferred to the 2nd Bosnian Corps including the 4th, 10th and
11th Krajina divisions for a total of around 7,500 soldiers.
Its commander was
Slavko Rodić
Slavko Rodić ( sr, Славко Родић; Sredice near Ključ, 7 July 1914 - Belgrade, 29 April 1949), was a Yugoslav partisan, general of Yugoslav People's Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia.
Prior to April War, Rodić worked as sur ...
and its Political Commissar Veljo Stojnić.
The 2nd Bosnian Corps was ordered to move to eastern Bosnia. Its adversary, the German
369th,
373rd,
114th and
7th SS divisions, together with NDH forces and local Chetniks had over 160,000 soldiers. This forced the 2nd Bosnian Corps to conduct guerrilla warfare and avoid open battles.
On 5 October 1943 the Corps was renamed the ''5th (Bosnian) Corps''. It kept fighting in Bosnia, carried out the Banja Luka operation, and in May 1944 helped resist the German
Seventh Offensive around
Drvar. In the final offensive in 1945, it participated in the final liberation of many places in western and central Bosnia.
In the last phase of the war the 5th Corps participated in the
Sarajevo Operation attacking north of the city to cut off the escape routes of the German garrison. The mission was not completely successful as the bulk of the enemy forces managed to fall back to the north-west. But elements of the Corps were able to enter liberated Sarajevo, together with the other partisan formations of the
2nd
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Mathematics
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and
3rd Corps.
The 5th Corps was disbanded on 22 April 1945 and its divisions were added to the
2nd Army.
Sources
vojska.net
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Corps of the Yugoslav Partisans
Military units and formations established in 1943
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945