YUGOSLAV ORDER OF BATTLE; FIRST, SECOND, FOURTH AND FIFTH ARMIES; MILITARY DISTRICTS

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• Publication Date: March 28, 1949
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Yugoslav Order of Battle; ,First, Second, NO. OF PAGES 2
Fourth and Fifth Armies; Military Districts
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1. Yugoslavia is divided into six military districts which are located as
follows:
No. 1 Military District - Nis
Noe 2 Military District - Belgrade
No. 3 Military District - Skoplje
No. it Military District - Sarajevo
No. 5 Military District - Zagreb
No. 6 Military District - Split.
2. These military districts are directly responsible to the Yugoslav General
Staff. They have administrative and operational functions as well as
territorial (area defense) functions.
3. They are not responsible for mobilization, which is the concern of the
Mobilization Centers attached to divisional and regimental headquarters.
J.. Second Army (redesignated Twelfth Army for deception purposes) and Fourth
Army come under command of No. > District in Zagreb.
5. Second Army units are located as follows:
Headquarters
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6 Division
1!i Division
9 Division
28 Division
J.3 Division
Zagreb
Bjelovar
Karlovac
Varazdin
Knin
Fiume (Rijeka)
Maribor
6. Fourth Army units are located as follows:
Headquarters Ljubljana
Sian Division Postojna (Posttumia)
7 Division Idrija
17 Division Radovljica
23 Division Novo Mesto
26 Division Ilirska Bistrica
1 Armored Division Kranj
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7. Auxiliary units under the command of the Second Army are as follows:
One tank regiment
One engineer regiment
One heavy artillery regiment
One signals regiment
AA zone
1 KNOJ Regiment at Zagreb
8. Units under the command of 17 Division are as follows:
16 Regiment , Trzic
15 Majevicke Regiments Vranjska Gora.
9. The staff of First Army moved, about the beginning of January 19149, from
Nis to Kragujevac. Barracks at Kragujevac are being prepared to accommodate
dependent units (10 Division ?).
100 The Political Commissar of First Army is Lieutenant General Mijalko
Todorovic, 32 year old Serb and veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
11. Units under the command of First Army are as follows:
10 Division ?, Kragujevac.
4 (Krajiska) Divisions Valjevo
5 Macedonian Division m Cacak
12. Units under the command of It Krajiska Division are as follows:
6 Krajiska Regiment 4O Gornji Milanovac
15 Krajiska Regiment - Lajkovac
Artillery Krajiska Regiment - Arandelovac
One unidentified regiment.
13. Headquarters of Fifth Army are at Skopije.
14. 2 Proletarian Division is located at Bitolj. Commanding Officer is Major
General Sredoje Urosevic and Political Commissar is Colonel Ljubiza
Nestorov.
15. Units under the command of 2 Proletarian Division are as follows;
2 Proletarian Regiment - Prilep. Commanding officer is Lieutenant Colonel
Trusa Veselinovic, and Political Commissar is Lieutenant Colonel Radenko
Martic.
3 (Srpske) Regiment - Djevdjelija
4 (Crnogorska) Regiment - Ohrid
2 Artillery Brigade - Bitolj.
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