3rd Corps (Yugoslav Partisans)

The 3rd Corps was a Yugoslav Partisan corps that fought against the Germans, Independent State of Croatia and Chetniks in occupied Socialist [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia] during World War II. It was created in November 1942 as the 1st Bosnian Corps, and underwent a name change in 1943. It grew in size until 1 January 1945 when it was subordinated to the Partisan 2nd Army. The 3rd Corps spent most of 1944 engaged in hard fighting against the 13th Waffen [Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)] in eastern Bosnia.