Lika-Primorje operation

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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
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Yugoslav Partisans Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Petar Drapšin
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Pavle Jakšić
Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg Boško Šiljegović 		Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Gustav Fehn   †
Units involved

Flag of Yugoslavia (1943-1946).svg 4th Army

Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg XV Mountain Corps

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

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.

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

  1. ↑ Colić 1988, p. 328.

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