List of Partisan detachments in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Yugoslav Partisans formed operational detachments (Serbo-Croatian Latin: odredi) in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II. These detachments were formed to conduct local operations against the occupying powers and those collaborating with them, and a total of 108 detachments were created in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. The detachments were named after a district, town, region or geographic feature, and ranged in size from 16 to 3,000 fighters. Larger detachments were usually divided into several companies or battalions. Some detachments had a very brief existence, whereas others existed for most of the war and a few were disestablished and re-established several times. Information on some small or short-lived detachments is very limited. There were also a significant number of independent battalions outside the detachment framework, but these are not included in the scope of this article.

The flag of the Partisan detachments of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Background

After the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Komunistička partija Jugoslavije, KPJ) began to organise for military resistance if Germany attacked the Soviet Union. This involved the establishment of a central military committee on 10 April while the invasion was still underway, and the creation of a military committee for each of the "provinces" of Yugoslavia in late April after the surrender. These provinces were based on the historical "national" entities of the country, rather than the pre-war political divisions, or banovina which had artificially divided the "national" entities to reduce the threat of nationalism. Each province already had a Provincial Committee of the KPJ reporting to the Central Committee, so these provincial military committees were created in parallel with the party organisation. One of the "national" entities consisted of the regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were now encompassed by the Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Nezavisna država Hrvatska, NDH). The NDH also included much of present-day Croatia. The Provincial Committee for Bosnia-Herzegovina was based in Sarajevo.[1]

In late May and June 1941, members of the Provincial Committee for Bosnia-Herzegovina travelled to the oblast (regional) centres of Banja Luka in the Bosanska Krajina region, Mostar in Herzegovina, and Tuzla in the Birač region of eastern Bosnia to advise the oblast KPJ committees of the decisions of the Central Committee, and to form oblast military committees. This also occurred in Sarajevo, for an oblast military committee responsible for the Romanija region of eastern Bosnia located north of that city. Each oblast military committee formed district military committees, who in turn contacted KPJ members in towns and villages of their district to organise resistance. This pyramid-like structure mirrored the KPJ structure, and following the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June, the Central Committee met on 4 July and decided to initiate an armed uprising against the occupiers. This included the creation of a formal military structure, headed by the Chief Headquarters for the People's Liberation Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia under the leadership of Josip Broz Tito, who was also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KPJ.[2]

Svetozar Vukmanović, a Montenegrin member of the Central Committee was appointed to command the Provincial Military Staff for Bosnia-Herzegovina. Vukmanović was widely known by the nickname "Tempo" owing to his constant urging of his subordinates to hurry. Vukmanović-Tempo called a meeting of the Provincial KPJ Committee in Sarajevo on 13 July. This meeting appointed Iso Jovanović, the secretary of the Provincial KPJ Committee, and Boriša Kovačević as the other two members of the Provincial Military Staff for Bosnia-Herzegovina, and redesignated the four oblast military committees as "military staffs". One member of the Provincial KPJ Committee was sent to each of the three military staffs outside Sarajevo to assist them. Đuro Pucar-Stari, a native of Bosansko Grahovo in the Krajina was sent to Banja Luka, Uglješa Danilović, a native of Odžak in northeastern Bosnia was sent to Tuzla, and Avdo Humo was sent to his home town of Mostar.[3] The leaders at the district level in each region were appointed as military commissioners, and this was repeated at the village level if KPJ members or sympathisers existed.[4]

Major developments

July uprising

On 27 July, an uprising broke out in the Krajina, triggered by the ambush and killing of a Croatian Home Guard officer. This had resulted in the rounding up and maltreatment of ethnic Serb villagers in the Bosansko Grahovo district. The local KPJ structures were not ready to launch an uprising, and had no instructions to do so. They were drawn into a mass Serb uprising not of their creation, and quickly had to adapt to their circumstances.[5] The following day, an uprising broke out in the Romanija region, and this was followed by an outbreak of resistance in the Birač region on 5 August. The forces involved in this fighting were spontaneously formed companies based on the traditional social structure of villages, which were grouped into battalions when numbers dictated. Where the opportunity arose, KPJ members and military staff at the district and village level would attempt to gain some control over these units, but they were far from communist-led as a whole, at least initially. KPJ-led rebels across Bosnia-Herzegovina formed military structures as needed, without any central direction, and brigades and even a division were formed.[6] In the Drvar district for example, units were known as "Guerilla" rather than "Partisan" detachments, and in some cases several companies formed a detachment, where in others, several detachments formed a company.[7]

Establishment of a uniform system of organisation

A map showing the areas of responsibility of Yugoslav Partisan detachments in October–December 1941

On 26 September 1941, the Chief Headquarters for the People's Liberation Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia held a conference at Stolice in the German-occupied territory of Serbia, at which it adopted a standard structure for the military organisation of the resistance. The Chief Headquarters was renamed the Supreme Headquarters, and the Military Staff of each province became the General Staff. The basic Partisan unit was to be a company of 80–100 soldiers, composed of platoons and sections. Two to four companies were to make up a battalion, and three to four battalions formed a detachment, the largest unit of the Partisan forces. Each detachment would have a staff consisting of a commander and deputy, with a political commissar and deputy, and the detachment staff would be directly responsible to the General Staff. On that basis, the existing Partisan units operating in Bosnia-Herzegovina were re-organised in October and November 1941 into ten detachments, six in east Bosnia, three in Bosanska Krajina, and one in Herzegovina. The Sarajevo and Tuzla Military Staffs were dissolved and detachments in those regions were placed under the direct control of the General Staff for the People's Liberation Partisan Detachments of Bosnia-Herzegovina.[8]

The "Volunteer Army"

As a result of simmering tension between Serb-chauvinists and the communists, the Provincial Committee of the KPJ for Bosnia-Herzegovina held a conference at Ivančići in the Romanija region on 7–8 January 1942. This conference was chaired by Tito, and one of the outcomes was the creation of a "Volunteer Army" of soldiers that would fight alongside the Partisans under shared command, but were not willing to become Partisans themselves.[9] The Supreme Headquarters was renamed the Supreme Headquarters for the People's Liberation Partisan and Volunteer Army of Yugoslavia. This was intended to drive a wedge between Bosnian Chetnik bands and the Serbian-based Chetnik movement of Draža Mihailović. Seven "volunteer" detachments were raised, all in eastern Bosnia, and some battalions and companies of former Chetniks were placed under the command of existing detachments. In all, the "Volunteer Army" numbered a maximum of 7,000–8,000 fighters who were, according to the historian Marko Attila Hoare, of "dubious political loyalty and military value".[10] The short-lived "Volunteer Army" concept was dispensed with following pro-Chetnik coups in both "volunteer" and Partisan detachments in eastern Bosnia in April and May 1942,[11] and was quietly abolished by Tito in November 1942. After this, until the formation of the Yugoslav Army in the last six months of the war, the title of the Partisan army was the People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia.[12]

Detachments

A total of 108 detachments were created in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war. The detachments were named after a district, town, region or geographic feature, and ranged in size from 16 to 3,000 fighters. Larger detachments were usually divided into several companies or battalions. Some detachments had a very brief existence, whereas others existed for most of the war and a few were disestablished and re-established several times. Information on some small or short-lived detachments is very limited.[13][14]

Detachment	Date of formation	Place of formation	Strength	Composition	Superior headquarters	Disestablished	Re-established/Re-organised	Notes/Footnotes
Banja Luka	May 1943	Central Bosnia	—	4 companies (August 1943) 2 battalions (September 1943)	11th Division (from 1 June 1943) 1st Corps (from 19 July 1943) 39th Division (from 26 March 1944)	1. 13 January 1944 2. May 1945	re-established 18 February 1944	[15]
Bijeljina	15 August 1941	—	—	—	Substaff Majevica	1 September 1941	—	[15]
Bileća	September 1943	—	30–100	—	—	23 November 1943 –7 December 1944	re-established October 1944	[15]
Birač	15 August 1941	Birač	500–700 (Autumn 1941) 200–300 (October 1943)	3 battalions (December 1941)	1st Corps (May 1943)	15 February 1945	—	[15] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]
Birač-Kladanj	15 February 1945	—	—	—	27th Division	11 May 1945	—	[15]
Bišina	November 1943	—	30–100	—	—	23 November 1943	—	[15]
Blagaj	1943	—	—	—	10th Division	6 September 1943	—	[15]
Blagaj-Janj	6 September 1943	—	250 (1943)	2 companies (November 1943)	10th Division	—	—	[17]
Cazin	8 September 1943	Cazin	262 (8 September 1943)	2 battalions (8 September 1943)	—	8 February 1944	—	[17]
Cazin Krajina	15 March 1944	Cazin	808 (15 March 1944)	3 battalions (15 March 1944) 3 battalions (February 1945)	Una Operational Group (15 March 1944)	1. May 1944 2. September 1944 3. May 1945	1. re-established August 1944 2. re-established February 1945	[18]
Cikote	15 August 1941	—	86 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 September 1941	redesignated as a company (20 September 1941)	[17]
Crni Vrh	18 October 1943	Prnjavor	100 (18 October 1943)	2 companies	11th Division	late December 1944	—	[17]
Dabar	September 1943	—	30–100	—	—	23 November 1943	—	This detachment was also known as the "Miro Popara" Detachment.[17]
Doboj-Derventa	November 1943	Doboj district	100 (mid-November 1943)	—	11th Division (mid-November 1943)	13 January 1944	—	[17]
Drina Volunteer	13 March 1942	Goražde and Čajniče districts	880	3 battalions	—	23 May 1942	—	[17]
Drvar-Petrovac	May 1943	Drvar district	300 (May 1943) 883 (November 1943)	5 companies 2 battalions (August 1943)	2nd Corps (May 1943) 4th Division (late 1943)	January 1945	—	This detachment was also known as the Grabovač Detachment.[17]
Dulići	November 1943	—	30–100	—	—	23 November 1944	—	This detachment was also known as the Gatački Detachment.[17]
Duvno	30 October 1943	Duvno district	—	2 companies	8th Corps (autumn 1943) 5th Corps (April 1944)	11 April 1944	—	[17]
Foča Volunteer	24 February 1942	—	—	4 battalions	—	18 May 1942	—	[17][lower-alpha 1]
Glamoč	October 1943	—	—	—	20th Division (October 1943) 10th Division (February 1944)	10 October 1944	—	[17]
Glamoč Guerilla	30 July 1941	—	—	—	—	—	—	[17]
Glamoč-Livno	April 1943	Glamoč district	—	2 battalions (May 1943) 3 battalions and one company (June 1943)	10th Division (end of April 1943)	—	—	[20]
Grabovac	15 August 1941	—	60 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	—	—	[20]
Gradiška-Lijevče	20 November 1943	Lijevče	80 (20 November 1943) 400+ (September 1944)	3 companies (end of 1943) 2 battalions (September 1944)	5th Corps (20 November 1943) Kozara Group (28 July 1944)	12 October 1944	—	This detachment was also known as the Lijevče Detachment.[20]
Grahovo-Peulje	July 1941	Bosansko Grahovo district	250 (August 1941) 800 (6 September 1943)	2 companies (August 1943) 2 battalions and one company (October 1943)	5th Corps (23 August 1943)	1. September 1941 2. March 1945	re-established August 1943 re-organised October 1943	This detachment was also known as "Gavrilo Princip" Detachment.[20]
Herzegovina	October 1941	Suho	330 (14 June 1942)	3 battalions (October 1941)	Interim operational staff for Herzegovina (4 January 1942)	1. February 1942 2. 10 August 1942	re-established from North Herzegovina and South Herzegovina Detachments in March 1942	[20] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation, and was formed from the Herzegovinian Brigade.[16]
Jahorina	September 1943	Jahorina	250 (September 1943)	—	27th Division	30 April 1944	—	[20]
Jahorina Volunteer	21 January 1942	—	900 (February 1942)	13 companies in 3 battalions (February 1942)	—	early May 1942	—	[20]
Jajce-Travnik	18 October 1944	—	90 (January 1944)	—	10th Division	February 1945	—	[20]
Janja	January 1944	Janja	90 (January 1944)	—	10th Division	14 October 1944	—	[20]
Janj	—	—	—	—	10th Division	6 September 1943	—	[20]
Japra Guerilla	28 September 1941	—	—	—	Krupa and Sana district headquarters	—	—	[20]
Jelašinovci Guerilla	28 September 1941	—	—	—	Krupa and Sana district headquarters	—	—	[20]
Kalinovik	September 1941	—	—	4 battalions	—	—	—	[21] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation, and was formed from the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Brigade.[16]
Kladanj	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[22]
Kladanj-Ozren	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[23]
Konjic	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[24]
Kozara	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[25]
Krajina (1st)	October 1941	Drvar/ Podgrmeč[16]	600 (October 1941)	7 companies (October 1941)	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	—	—	[26] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation,[16] and was formed from the Drvar Brigade.[27]
Krajina (2nd)	October 1941	Kozara[16]	—	6 companies (October 1941)	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	—	—	[26] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation,[16] and was formed from the Kozara Detachment.[27]
Krajina (3rd)	November 1941	central Bosnia[16]	—	6 battalions (26 November 1941)	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	—	—	[26] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]
Krajina (4th)	February 1942	—	—	—	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	—	—	This detachment was formed from elements of the 3rd Krajina Detachment.[27]
Krajina (5th)	February 1942	—	—	—	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	—	—	This detachment was formed from elements of the 1st Krajina Detachment.[27]
Krajina (6th)	1 May 1942	Manjača	1,000 (17 August 1942)	1 battalion (May 1942) 3 battalions (17 August 1942)	Operational staff for Bosanska Krajina	1. 20 May 1942 2. 22 October 1942	re-established 17 August 1942	[18]
Krajina Volunteer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[28]
Kupres-Janj	May 1943	Kupres	—	2 companies (May 1943)	10th Division (May 1943)	June 1943	—	[18]
Kupres	27 July 1943	—	230 (October 1943)	1 battalion	10th Division	September 1943	—	This detachment was also known as the Blagaj Detachment or Blagaj-Janj Detachment.[18]
Lim	4 November 1943	Rudo and Višegrad districts	150 (November 1943)	3 battalions (November 1943)	2nd Shock Corps (4 November 1943)	15 December 1943	—	[18]
Livno	14 October 1941	Cincar	—	one company (14 October 1941)	20th Division (October 1943) 5th Corps (February 1944)	1. 6 June 1942 2. 11 April 1944	re-established September 1943	[18]
Livno-Duvno	11 April 1944	Livno and Duvno districts	1,000 (end of 1944)	two battalions (11 April 1944) 6 battalions (end of 1944)	10th Division (July 1944)	17 March 1945	—	[18]
Ljubinje	October 1944	Herzegovina	—	—	—	7 December 1944	—	[18]
Majevica	August 1941	Majevica	50 (September 1941) 200 (November 1941)	2 companies (August 1941) 1 battalion and 2 companies (November 1941)	—	1. September 1941 2. March 1942	re-established September 1941	[18] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]
Majevica (1st)	28 July 1942	Majevica	300 (28 November 1942)	2 battalions (28 November 1942) 3 battalions (January 1943)	—	25 March 1943	—	[18]
Majevica (2nd)	February 1943	Majevica	500 (July 1943)	3 battalions 4 battalions (July 1943)	1st Bosnian Shock Corps	10 October 1943	—	[18]
Majevica (3rd)	November 1943	Majevica	—	2–4 battalions	16th Division (November 1943) 38th Division (6 March 1944)	11 May 1945	—	[18]
Manjača	11 August 1941	—	—	—	—	—	—	[29]
Mostar	16 March 1944	Konjic district	230	2 battalions	—	25 May 1944	—	[29]
Motajica	11 November 1943	Motajica	—	1 company 3 companies (April 1944)	11th Division (11 November 1943) 53rd Division (August 1944)	1. 13 January 1944 2. May 1945	re-established 14 February 1944	[29]
Nevesinje Uprising	November 1943	–	30–100	–	–	–	–	[29]
North Herzegovina	—	—	—	4 battalions (April 1942) 3 battalions (23 November 1943)	29th Division (23 November 1943)	1. June 1942 2. 18 April 1944	re-established November 1943	[30]
Ozren	August 1941	Ozren	500 1,000 (November 1941) 230 (November 1943)	3 companies 4 battalions (November 1941) 5 battalions (February 1942)	17th Division (21 July 1943)	1. 18 April 1942 2. 25 January 1944	re-established 21 July 1943	[29] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]
Palanka	28 September 1941	—	—	—	Krupa and Sana district headquarters	—	—	[29]
Papraća	15 August 1941	—	100 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 September 1941	redesignated as a company (20 September 1941)	[15]
Planina	August 1943	Herzegovina	—	—	—	September 1943	—	[29]
Pljeva	8 October 1943	Mrkonjić Grad district	150 (March 1944)	2 companies (March 1944) 4 companies (mid-1944)	10th Division (October 1943) 39th Division (26 March 1944)	January 1945	—	This detachment was also known as the Mrkonjić Detachment or Mrkonjić-Pljeva Detachment.[29]
Podgrmeč	7 May 1943	Podgrmeč	300–500	3 companies (May 1943)	4th Division (7 May 1943) Grmeč Operational Group (12 July 1943) 2nd Corps (8 September 1943) 4th Division (end of 1943) 39th Division (September 1944)	12 July 1945	—	[29]
Podrinje-Semberija	August 1943	Bijeljina region	—	—	17th Division (Autumn 1943)	early October 1943	—	[29]
Popovo	September 1943	—	30–100	—	—	23 November 1943	—	[29]
Posavina	16 September 1943	Bosanski Šamac district	250 700 (December 1943)	3 battalions (November 1943)	17th Division (Autumn 1943)	early February 1944	—	[29]
Posavina-Trebava	February 1944	—	270	3 battalions (Autumn 1944)	38th Division (early March 1944)	early June 1945	—	[29]
Površ	August 1943	—	—	—	—	23 November 1943	—	[29]
Prekaja Guerilla	31 July 1941	—	—	—	Bosansko Grahovo County Guerilla Detachment staff	—	—	[29]
Prnjavor	10 June 1943	Prnjavor	1,000 (September 1943)	1 battalion 4 or 5 battalions (September 1943)	11th Division	1. 13 January 1944 2. July 1944	re-organised 16 October 1943 re-established 18 February 1944	[30]
Prozor	July 1943	—	—	—	—	October 1944	—	[30]
Rama	February 1943	Prozor district	80 180 (November 1943)	2 battalions	10th Division (July 1943)	1. February 1943 2. 14 May 1944	re-established July 1943	[30]
Ribnik	—	Crkveno district	250 900 (August 1943)	2 battalions	4th Division (Summer 1943) Grmeč Operational Group (August 1943) 10th Division (end of 1943)	1. 26 August 1943 2. 26 March 1944	re-established 18 November 1943	[30]
Rogatica Volunteer	—	—	950	3 battalions	—	May 1942	—	[30]
Romanija	—	Romanija region	1,230–3,000 (November 1941) 70–80 (August 1943) 500 (20 November 1943)	3 battalions (5 October 1941) 9 battalions (November 1941) 3 battalions (February 1942)	Sarajevo oblast staff (October 1941) General Staff for Bosnia-Herzegovina (to 3 February 1942) Operational Staff for East Bosnia (3 February 1942) 17th Division (Summer 1943) 27th Division (10 October 1943) 17th Division (4 March 1944) 27th Division 10 October 1944	1. May 1942 2. 20 May 1944	re-established August 1943	[30] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]
Sana	—	—	100 (November 1943)	2 companies (November 1943)	4th Division	26 March 1944	—	[30]
Sitnica	26 June 1944	—	—	—	29th Division (August 1944)	7 December 1944	—	[30]
South Herzegovina	February 1942	—	300 (23 November 1943)	4 battalions (April 1942) 3 battalions (23 November 1943)	29th Division (23 November 1943)	1. June 1942 2. 10 September 1944	re-established 23 November 1943	[20]
Spreča	15 August 1941	—	60 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 October 1941	—	[30]
Srebrenica	9 October 1943	Fakovići	16–50 (December 1943) 727 (27 March 1944) 600 (March 1945)	—	—	1. late December 1943 2. early April 1945	re-established 5 March 1944 re-organised into 2 battalions on 27 March 1944	[31]
Srebrenica Volunteer	March 1942	—	—	3 battalions	—	April 1942	—	[31]
Stolac	September 1943	—	30–100	—	—	1. 23 September 1943 2. 7 December 1944	re-established October 1944	[31]
Stupari	15 August 1941	eastern Bosnia	80 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 October 1941	—	[31]
Šehovići	15 August 1941	eastern Bosnia	120 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 October 1941	—	[31]
Šuma	September 1943	Herzegovina	30–100	—	—	23 November 1943	—	[31]
Tešanj-Teslić	18 September 1943	eastern Bosnia	50	—	11th Division	1. 13 January 1944 2. 7 September 1944	re-established 18 February 1944	This detachment was also known as the Tešanj Detachment.[31]
Timar	15 May 1944	Prijedor district	600 (September 1944)	—	4th Division (15 May 1944) Kozara Group (28 July 1944)	12 October 1944	—	[31]
Travnik	April 1942	Vlašić region	800 (September 1943)	2 companies (Summer 1943) 2 battalions (Autumn 1943)	10th Division (May 1943)	1. 15 May 1942 2. 18 October 1944	re-established May 1943	[31]
Trebava	September 1943	Trebava region	160	3 battalions (October 1943)	17th Division (September 1943) 16th Division (October 1943)	February 1944	—	[31]
Trebinje	October 1944	—	—	—	—	7 December 1944	—	[31]
Tupanar	15 August 1941	eastern Bosnia	100 (20 August 1941)	—	Birač district headquarters	20 September 1941	—	This detachment was also known as the Trnavski Detachment.[31]
Tuzla	24 October 1943	Tuzla region	600 500 (Winter 1945)	4 battalions	17th Division	May 1945	—	[31]
Udarni	2 December 1943	Bosanska Krajina region	—	3 battalions	5th Corps	5 May 1944	—	[31]
Udrežanj	September 1943	Herzegovina	30–100	—	—	October 1943	—	[31]
Visoko-Fojnica	September 1944	Kotor Varoš district	100	—	53rd Division (September 1944)	April 1945	—	[32]
Visoko-Fojnica	17 July 1943	Kreševo district	—	—	10th Division	8 January 1945	—	[32]
Vlahovići	September 1943	Herzegovina	30–100	—	—	23 November 1945	—	[32]
Vlasenica Volunteer	March 1942	—	700	4 battalions	—	April 1942	—	[32]
Vlašić	May 1944	Travnik district	100	2 companies	4th Division Zenica Brigade Group (March 1945)	May 1945	—	[32]
Vukovsko	27 July 1943	Kupres district	100	—	10th Division (Summer 1943)	January 1944	—	[32]
West Herzegovina	September 1944	Duge Njive	100 (September 1943)	4 companies (September 1944)	South Dalmatia Group (September 1944) 29th Division (November 1944)	7 December 1944	—	[32]
Zenica	9 April 1942	Zenica	200	—	—	6 May 1942	—	[32]
Zmijanje	29 November 1943	Mrkonjić Grad district	180	—	5th Corps (29 November 1943) 4th Division (4 December 1943) 39th Division (26 March 1944)	May 1945	—	[32]
Zvijezda	October 1941	Zvijezda region	1,200 (November 1941)	4 battalions and 1 company (November 1941)	—	May 1942	—	[32] This detachment was one of the 10 Bosnia-Herzegovina detachments remaining after the Stolice re-organisation.[16]

Notes

1. On 18 May 1942, the staff of this detachment were killed or forced to flee by Chetnik elements from its Zakmur Battalion.[19]

Footnotes

1. Hoare 2006, pp. 28–29.
2. Hoare 2006, pp. 29–30.
3. Hoare 2006, pp. 30–31.
4. Hoare 2006, p. 32.
5. Hoare 2006, p. 33.
6. Hoare 2006, pp. 76–78.
7. Hoare 2006, p. 82.
8. Hoare 2006, pp. 82–83.
9. Hoare 2006, pp. 175–176.
10. Hoare 2006, pp. 183–184.
11. Hoare 2006, pp. 205–208.
12. Hoare 2006, p. 319.
13. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 78, 83–84, 128, 343–345, 590–607, 801.
14. Hoare 2014, pp. 83, 143, 245.
15. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 590–591.
16. Hoare 2006, p. 83.
17. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 592–593.
18. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 598–599.
19. Hoare 2006, p. 207.
20. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 594–595.
21. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 83–84.
22. Hoare 2014, p. 143.
23. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, p. 801.
24. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, p. 345.
25. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, p. 343.
26. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, p. 78.
27. Hoare 2006, p. 245.
28. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, p. 128.
29. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 600–601.
30. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 602–603.
31. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 604–605.
32. Anić, Joksimović & Gutić 1982, pp. 606–607.

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