Lika-Primorje operation

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 March 20 to April 15, 1945.

Lika-Primorje operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
DateMarch 20 - April 15, 1945.
Location
Lika and Western Bosnia
Result Decisive victory of Yugoslav Army
Destruction of German XV Mountain Corps
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans  Germany
 NDH
Commanders and leaders
Petar Drapšin
Pavle Jakšić
Boško Šiljegović		 Gustav Fehn
Units involved

4th Army

  • 9th Division
  • 19th Division
  • 26th Division
  • 7th Division

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
  1. Colić 1988, p. 328.
  • Colić, Mladenko (1988). Pregled operacija na jugoslovenskom ratištu 1941-1945. Belgrade: Vojnoistorijski institut.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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