Third Macedonian National Liberation Brigade (village Zegjane, Kumanovo, 26. – p. Lisice, Veles, 7. 1944) – Military Unit of New and Pom, formed by Bitola-Prespa National Liberation Battalion “Stefan Naumov – Steve” and Kumanovo People’s liberation battalions “Jordan Nikolov – Orce” and “Christian Todorovski – Karpos”. In his fighter route, the Vardar Chetnant Corps of about 800 Chetniks in the attacks at the village. Sijac (29th ⅱ) and Novo Selo (3. ⅲ), led a successful fighting in Biljahacha, a coincing, Pigiste and Ristovac (23. ⅲ), destroyed the mine plants in govine and Probistip (3. ⅳ), while the attack on Kratovo (25. ⅳ) captured 120 Bulgarian soldiers. At the time of the spring offensive in Macedonia (25. ⅳ – 20. ⅵ), in conjunction with other national liberation units, there were successful struggles in Macedonia and the Pomova with an attack on Kratovo (25. ⅳ), fighting in a reproduced stone, Black (5. C), Stanikin Cross (12. c), Znipole (13. c), Lisets, Cosmatica, Golak, Kosturino (1. ⅵ), Kushkules (5. ⅵ), PL. Pear, Ponikva, Chupino Brdo (15. ⅵ) and Petrova Gora (19. ⅵ). Great with an influx of new fighters, from part of her and part of the Fighters of the Second Macedonian But Brigade, the fourth Macedonian But Brigade was formed (Pl. Lisec, 24. 1944). Then he continued with successful attacks and diversions along the road Kumanovo-Kriva Palanka, with a night attack against the Bulgarian forces in the villages Stracin, young Nagorichane and Klechovce, inflicting about 50 killed, wounded and captured soldiers and ruining two bridges on the Pchinja rivers and Petroshnica (24. ⅶ), attacked the railway station in Tabanovce (28. ⅶ) and several diversions of the same railroad (30. ⅶ), and then had a very important role in securing the work of the first session of ASNOM in the monastery “St. Prohor Pchinski “(2. ⅷ). After the largest head, the Bulgarian police department of 120 police officers (the night between 9/10), along with the Kumanovo, but the Kumanovo, also attacked the railway station in Ristovac and Tabanovce (Night between 12/13. Ⅷ), in Side With the eighth Presevska, but Brigade attacked the Lojane mine (night between 23/24. ⅷ), whereby 28 Bulgarian soldiers were captured, organized the release and acceptance of about 300 political prisoners from the Skopje Prison Idrizovo (29. ⅷ), constant attacks At the railway headquarters of the third Macedonian National Liberation Brigade railroad Veles-Skopje, and in the formation of the forty-second division of the fifteenth (Macedonian), the Corps of Novi (village Lisice, Veles, 7.), along with the eighth Macedonian (Veles) but Brigade And the twelfth Macedonian (Skopje) but brigade, entered her composition. The composition of this Division participated in the fight against the ballistic forces of Suva Gora, Kharashiak, the attacks on the railway and the release of Veles (9. ⅺ), Skopje (13. ⅺ) and Tetovo (19. ⅺ). Then, from Bujanovac, with a march to Vranje and a transport train for Zemun, was referred to the Srem Front (start of January 1945) and through the fighting and march through Ilincinci, Shid (12. ⅳ), tender, strike, revolving (17. ⅳ ), Slavonic Varies (21. ⅳ), the Ilova River (25-30. Ⅳ), Kricho, Dogo village and other places arrived in the free Zagreb (7. c). On the return, through Banja Luka and Kraguevac, arrived in Kralevo. Sources: Kumanovo and Kumanovo in New 1941-1945. Documents, Kumanovo, 1988. Lit.: Viorny LTOs. Memorial Book of the Third Macedonian Drill Brigade, Skopje, 1957; Dane Cekov, the third Macedonian brigade and the Kosovo unit by mid-May 1944, Kumanovo, 1969; Zlatko Biljanovski, from Kozjak to Zagreb. Third Macedonian People’s Liberation Brigade, Belgrade, 1971; Memorial Collection of the dead fighters of new and victims of the fascist terror from Kumanovo and Kumanovo 1941-1945, Kumanovo, 1976, 178180. S. Ml.
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