People’s Release Battalion “Mirce Acev” (first battalion of the second operating zone of New and POM) (PL. Slavej, 18. 1943 – p. Slivovo, Ohrid, 11. ⅺ 1943) – First regular military unit of new and POM. It was formed by about 200 fighters from the Prespaniochrid NOOP “Damjan Gruev”, parts of the Veles NOO “Dimitar Vlahov”, parts of the Prilep NOO “Gjorce Petrov” and newly arrived fighters from Debarca. The battalion carried out attacks on Italian carban stations in Ohrid (7. ⅸ), crashed three bridges on the road Kicevo-Ohrid, cut 130 PTT pillars, burned the gendarmerie station in the village. Slivovo (11. ⅸ), entered Kicevo (12. ⅸ) and participated in the disarmament of the Italian garrison. In early October 1943, along with the first Kosovo-Metoi-Metohetic but Battalion, “Ramiz Sadiku” and the second Kicevski, but a battalion, entered the group of battalions and led battles in the villages Source, Klenoc, the railway station in the sleck (5-9, J) , He committed diversions of Pato Resen-Ohrid and collided with the Bulgarian border forces on the PL. Baba Sach. When the principal of the group battalions were returned to the defense of the free territory of Debarca, about 70 fighters of the battalion acted on the communication Bitola-Resen. Later, along with other new and POM units, the battalion struggled against the German-ballistic forces in Kicevo (5. J), with the Bulgarian border units (6. J) and on the PL. Bigla with Bulgarian units from the Resen Garrison (24. J). With the group of Macedonian and the group of Kosovo battalions, the German-ballistic forces in Kicevo, p. Rashes (1 and 2. ⅺ) and entering the first Macedonian battalion “Mirce Acev” in the free Kicevo (September 12, 1943) on the PL. Bukuk (6.), after which he entered the composition of the first Macedonian-Kosovo Nawb. After the independence of the Republic of Macedonia, the day of establishing the battalion was declared a day of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM). Exhibition: Kicevo and Kichevo in New 1941-1945. Documents, Kicevo, 1985. Lit.: Brotherhood and Unity Brigade, the first Macedonian-Kosovo strikes, Skopje, 1958; Dushan Ristoski, Chronology of Events from the National Liberation War 1941-1945 in Kicevo and Kichevo, Second supplementation, Kicevo, 1984; Macedonia from the institution to Frame 1941-1945, (Section Radova), Belgrade, 1987; Dr. Marjan Dimitrievski, Macedonian army 1944-1945, Ini, Skopje, 1999, 63-67. S. Ml.
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