The 42. Home Guard Infantry Division (Croatian: 42. domobranska pješačka divizija, also 42. Honved Inf. Division), given the nickname the Devils's Division (Croatian: Vražja divizija) was an infantry division of the Imperial Croatian Home Guard within the Austro-Hungarian Army which was active in World War I.
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