15. Infantry Division Ohrid (Bulgaria)
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- Published: 18 June 2010 18 June 2010
- Last Updated: 07 April 2012 07 April 2012
Commanders
Col. Nikola Boev (28 June 1941 - 04 June 1942)Col. Ivan Marinov (18 June 1942 - 03 Sep 1944)
Col. Dimitar Mladenov (04 Sep 1944 - 05 Oct 1944)
Order of battle
45th Infantry Chegan RegimentMobilized in 1942 and sent to Prilep, Macedonia as part of 15th Division.
Disbanded on 21 October 1944.
Commanders:
Lt.-Col. Todor Hristov (1943)
Lt.-Col. Coko Penchevski (1944)
54th Infantry Bitola Regiment
Formed on 03 March 1943.
Disbanded in October 1944
Commander:
Col. Alexander Tzanev
55th Infantry Ohrid Regiment
Formed in September 1942.
On 09 September 1944 captured by the Germans in Bitola.
Commanders:
Col. Ivan Magerov (1941-1943)
Col. Nikola Drenski (1943-1944)
Sources used
Research by Dimitar BoykovGeorge F. Nafziger - Bulgarian Order of Battle in World War II