Lika-Primorje operation

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Lika-Primorje operation was a military operation carried out by the Yugoslav Partisan 4th Army against Wehrmacht units and the Croatian Armed Forces. It was conducted in the area of Lika and Western Bosnia from 20 March to 15 April 1945.

Lika-Primorje operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date20 March – 15 April 1945
Location
Lika and Western Bosnia
Result

Yugoslav Army victory

Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav Partisans  Germany
 Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Yugoslav Partisans Petar Drapšin
Yugoslav Partisans Pavle Jakšić
Yugoslav Partisans Boško Šiljegović
Nazi Germany Gustav Fehn
Units involved

Yugoslav Partisans 4th Army

Nazi Germany XV Mountain Corps

Strength
70,000 40,000
Casualties and losses
First phase: 5,616 killed, 6,949 wounded and 2,905 wounded[1]

In the first phase, the 4th Army took eastern Lika and Bihać, and in the second it took Gospić, Perušić, Lički Osik and Otočac. After 7 April 1945, units of the 4th Army continued the movement towards Rijeka.

References edit

  1. ^ Colić 1988, p. 328.
  • Colić, Mladenko (1988). Pregled operacija na jugoslovenskom ratištu 1941-1945. Belgrade: Vojnoistorijski institut.

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