User:Peacemaker67/Navy of the Yugoslav Partisans

The Navy of the Yugoslav Partisans, also known as "'Tito's Navy'", was a maritime force created on 18 December 1942 as part of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, led by Josip Broz Tito during World War II. Almost all of the vessels employed by it were former civilian ships and boats, with nearly 90 fighting vessels and over 200 transports seeing service during the war.

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  • Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946. London, England: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-146-5.
  • Visković, Berislav; Isaić, Vladimir; Anić, Nikola; Petković, Stevan (1986). Matović, Ivo (ed.). Jugoslavenska mornarica u završnim operacijama za oslobođenje Jugoslavije : učesnici govore : Okrugli sto, 1. marta 1985 : za pobedu i slobodu [The Yugoslav Navy in the Final Operations for the Liberation of Yugoslavia: Round Table, 1 March 1985: For Victory and Freedom] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar. OCLC 438485310.