Lika-Primorje operation

Lika-Primorje operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date March 20 - April 15, 1945. Location Lika and Western Bosnia Result Decisive victory of Yugoslav Army Destruction of German XV Mountain Corps
Belligerents
Yugoslav army	Germany  NDH
Commanders and leaders
Petar Drapšin Pavle Jakšić Boško Šiljegović	Gustav Fehn
Units involved
4th Army    9th Dalmatia Division    19th Dalmatia Division    26th Dalmatia Division    7th Banija Division	XV Mountain Corps    392nd Infantry Division    373rd Infantry Division 10th Division 11th Division
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 Partisan's 4th Army against the Wehrmacht units and the Croatian Armed Forces. It was conducted in the area of Lika and Western Bosnia from March 20 to April 15, 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

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

See also

• Knin operation
• Sarajevo operation
• Mostar operation
• Trieste operation