1st Division (Yugoslav Partisans)
MILITARY UNIT
1st Proletarian Division (Yugoslav Partisans); 1st Proletarian Division
The First Proletarian Division of the NOVJ was formed on November 1, 1942 from the First Proletarian Brigade, the Third Proletarian Brigade and the Third Krajina Brigade in Bosanski Petrovac, under command of Koča Popović. It was considered one of the elite units of the NOVJ.