Macedonian National Liberation Army

People's Liberation Army of Macedonia Народноослободителна Војска на Македонија Narodnooslobodilačka vojska Makedonije
Flag of the Federal State of Macedonia, used by the PLAM
Active	1941 – 1943 (Partisan detachments) 1943 – 1945
Country	Macedonia (region)
Allegiance	Yugoslav Partisans (Allies of World War II)
Size	1,000 (1941) – 66,000 (late 1944, after mobilization)
Anniversaries	August 18 October 11
Engagements	National Liberation War of Macedonia (part of World War II in Yugoslavia)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Mirče Acev Mihajlo Apostolski Metodija Andonov-Čento Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo

The People's Liberation Army of Macedonia (Macedonian: Народноослободителна Војска на Македонија, transliterated: Narodnoosloboditelna Vojska na Makedonija, NOV), often referred to as the Macedonian People's Liberation Army and the National Liberation Army of Macedonia, was a Communist resistance army formed in present-day Republic of Macedonia during the People's Liberation War of Macedonia in the Second World War. The term is also used to denote the participation of Macedonians in the Yugoslav Partisans as well as other Communist resistance organisations operating in Macedonia during the Second World War. The movement's full official name was People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, (NOV i POЈ) (Serbo-Croatian: Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije; Slovene: Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije; Macedonian: Народноослободителна војска и партизански одреди на Југославија).

The anti-Axis resistance started on 11 October 1941, with the emergence of the Macedonian Partisan military units which, during the course of the war, grew into the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia. The date of the creation of its major unit, the Mirče Acev battalion, on August 18, 1943 on Mount Slavej between Ohrid, Lake Ohrid and Kičevo (is officially celebrated in the Republic of Macedonia as the Day of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia).