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in Yugoslavia">World War II in Yugoslavia</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg/220px-Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg/330px-Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg/440px-Bitka_za_Kozaru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1416" /></a></span><br />Map of Axis movements during the operation</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>10 June – 17 July 1942</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Kozara" title="Kozara">Kozara</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Prijedor" title="Prijedor">Prijedor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>)</div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> <p>Axis victory </p> <ul><li>Partisan retreat with heavy casualties</li> <li>Sympathizing civilians massacred during or after the battle</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <b><a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis</a> and collaborationist forces:</b><br /><span data-sort-value="Germany"><span 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="745" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetniks</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <b><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies</a></b>:<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Stahl_(officer)" title="Friedrich Stahl (officer)">Friedrich Stahl</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany"><img alt="Nazi Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia"><img alt="Independent State of Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vjekoslav_Luburi%C4%87" title="Vjekoslav Luburić">Vjekoslav Luburić</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia"><img alt="Independent State of Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jure_Franceti%C4%87" title="Jure Francetić">Jure Francetić</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks"><img alt="Chetniks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="745" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rade_Radi%C4%87" title="Rade Radić">Rade Radić</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans"><img alt="Yugoslav Partisans" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Obrad_Sti%C5%A1ovi%C4%87&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Obrad Stišović (page does not exist)">Obrad Stišović</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Units involved</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany"><img alt="Nazi Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/104th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="104th Jäger Division">704th Infantry Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/114th_J%C3%A4ger_Division" title="114th Jäger Division">714th Infantry Division</a></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia"><img alt="Independent State of Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Croatia_%281941%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Legion_(Usta%C5%A1e_militia)" title="Black Legion (Ustaše militia)">Black Legion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Home_Guard_(World_War_II)" title="Croatian Home Guard (World War II)">Home Guard</a></li></ul> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks"><img alt="Chetniks" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Chetniks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1159" data-file-height="745" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetniks</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rade_Radi%C4%87" title="Rade Radić">Radić Division</a></li></ul></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <p><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans"><img alt="Yugoslav Partisans" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Yugoslavia_%281943%E2%80%931946%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a> </p> <ul><li>1st Krajina Detachment</li> <li>2nd Krajina Detachment</li> <li>1st Shock Battalion</li></ul></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 15,000 <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> troops <br /> 22,000 <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">NDH</a> forces <br /> 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetnik</a> troops</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Around 3,500 <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Partisan</a> troops</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> 7,000 casualties<sup id="cite_ref-memorial_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-memorial-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 2,000 casualties<sup id="cite_ref-bwh_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bwh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-top:1px dotted #aaa;"> More than 25,000 to 60,000 civilians massacred in Kozara or sent to concentration camps</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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II">Bombing of Sarajevo</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Uprisings</b> </p> <ul><li><b>Uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina</b></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_1941_Sanski_Most_revolt" title="May 1941 Sanski Most revolt">Sanski Most</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1941_uprising_in_eastern_Herzegovina" title="June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina">Eastern Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drvar_uprising" title="Drvar uprising">Drvar uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rogatica_(1941)" title="Siege of Rogatica (1941)">Rogatica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Olovo_(1941)" title="Capture of Olovo (1941)">Olovo</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b>Uprising in Croatia</b></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Srb_uprising" title="Srb uprising">Srb uprising</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Uprising_in_Serbia_(1941)" title="Uprising in Serbia (1941)">Uprising in Serbia</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bela_Crkva_incident" title="Bela Crkva incident">Bela Crkva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loznica_(1941)" title="Battle of Loznica (1941)">Loznica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Banja_Kovilja%C4%8Da" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Banja Koviljača">Banja Koviljača</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_%C5%A0abac" title="Attack on Šabac">Šabac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Kru%C5%A1evac" title="Attack on Kruševac">Kruševac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C4%8Dva_operation" title="Mačva operation">Mačva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Uzice" title="Operation Uzice"><i>Uzice</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kraljevo" title="Siege of Kraljevo">Kraljevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tre%C5%A1njica" title="Battle of Trešnjica">Trešnjica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Novi_Pazar" title="Battle of Novi Pazar">Novi Pazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mihailovic" title="Operation Mihailovic"><i>Mihailovic</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sjenica_(1941)" title="Battle of Sjenica (1941)">Sjenica</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Uprising_in_Montenegro_(1941)" title="Uprising in Montenegro (1941)">Uprising in Montenegro</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bullseye" title="Operation Bullseye">Bullseye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pljevlja" title="Battle of Pljevlja">Pljevlja</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>1942</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dra%C5%BEgo%C5%A1e" title="Battle of Dražgoše">Dražgoše</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Southeast_Croatia" title="Operation Southeast Croatia"><i>Southeast Croatia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hydra_(Yugoslavia)" title="Operation Hydra (Yugoslavia)">Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Prijedor" title="Operation Prijedor"><i>Prijedor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nanos" title="Battle of Nanos">Nanos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Trio" title="Operation Trio"><i>Trio</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetnik_sabotage_of_Axis_communication_lines" title="Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines">Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_Montenegro_offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1942 Montenegro offensive">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kozara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partisan_Long_March" title="Partisan Long March">Partisan Long March</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kupres_(1942)" title="Battle of Kupres (1942)">Kupres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Livno" title="Battle of Livno">Livno</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Alfa" title="Operation Alfa"><i>Alfa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kopaonik" title="Operation Kopaonik"><i>Kopaonik</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biha%C4%87_operation" title="Bihać operation">Bihać</a></li></ul> <p><b>1943</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Case_White" title="Case White"><i>Case White</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Greenwood%E2%80%93Rootham" title="Mission Greenwood–Rootham">Greenwood–Rootham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Otto_(1943)" title="Operation Otto (1943)"><i>Otto</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Fungus" title="Operation Fungus">Fungus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hoathley_1" title="Operation Hoathley 1">Hoathley 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Case_Black" title="Case Black"><i>Case Black</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Typical" title="Operation Typical"><i>Typical</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zvornik" title="Battle of Zvornik">Zvornik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Davidson" title="Mission Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gr%C4%8Darice" title="Battle of Grčarice">Grčarice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Turjak" title="Siege of Turjak">Turjak Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maclean_Mission" title="Maclean Mission">Maclean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vi%C5%A1egrad" title="Battle of Višegrad">Višegrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Podgorica_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Podgorica in World War II">Bombing of Podgorica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Zadar_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Zadar in World War II">Bombing of Zadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Delphin" title="Operation Delphin"><i>Delphin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Rogers" title="Mission Rogers">Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Kugelblitz" title="Operation Kugelblitz"><i>Kugelblitz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ko%C4%8Devje" title="Battle of Kočevje">Kočevje</a></li></ul> <p><b>1944</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Waffen_Mountain_Division_of_the_SS_Handschar_(1st_Croatian)#Anti-Partisan_operations_March_to_May_1944" title="13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)"><i>Maibaum</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Belgrade_(1944)" title="Bombing of Belgrade (1944)">Bombing of Belgrade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Mljet" title="Raid on Mljet">Raid on Mljet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_%C5%A0olta" title="Raid on Šolta">Raid on Šolta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Dafoe" title="Mission Dafoe">Dafoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mission_Lindsay" title="Mission Lindsay">Lindsay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_R%C3%B6sselsprung_(1944)" title="Operation Rösselsprung (1944)"><i>Rösselsprung</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Draufg%C3%A4nger" title="Operation Draufgänger">Andrijevica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Halyard" title="Operation Halyard"><i>Halyard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_at_O%C5%BEbalt" title="Raid at Ožbalt">Ožbalt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ratweek_(1944)" title="Operation Ratweek (1944)"><i>Ratweek</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Serbia" title="Battle of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgrade Offensive">Belgrade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1_operation" title="Niš operation">Niš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stracin%E2%80%93Kumanovo_operation" title="Stracin–Kumanovo operation">Stracin–Kumanovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vukov_Klanac" title="Battle of Vukov Klanac">Vukov Klanac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bregalnitsa%E2%80%93Strumica_operation" title="Bregalnitsa–Strumica operation">Bregalnitsa–Strumica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Operation_(1944)" title="Kosovo Operation (1944)">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrmian_Front" title="Syrmian Front">Syrmian Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Floxo" title="Operation Floxo"><i>Floxo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_battle_over_Ni%C5%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Air battle over Niš">Niš airspace incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Batina" title="Battle of Batina">Batina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Knin" title="Battle of Knin">Knin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Desivojca" title="Battle of Desivojca">Desivojca</a></li></ul> <p><b>1945</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Trnovo" title="Battle of Trnovo">Trnovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mostar_operation" title="Mostar operation">Mostar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Zagreb_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Zagreb in World War II">Bombing of Zagreb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Spring_Awakening" title="Operation Spring Awakening">Spring Awakening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Transdanubian_Hills" title="Battle of the Transdanubian Hills">Transdanubian Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lika-Primorje_operation" title="Lika-Primorje operation">Lika-Primorje</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagykanizsa-K%C3%B6rmend_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagykanizsa-Körmend Offensive">Nagykanizsa-Körmend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarajevo_Operation" title="Sarajevo Operation">Sarajevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lijev%C4%8De_Field" title="Battle of Lijevče Field">Lijevče Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trieste_operation" class="mw-redirect" title="Trieste operation">Trieste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zelengora" title="Battle of Zelengora">Zelengora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poljana" title="Battle of Poljana">Poljana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Od%C5%BEak" title="Battle of Odžak">Odžak</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Axis_occupation_of_Serbia" title="Axis occupation of Serbia">Axis occupation of Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_occupation_of_Yugoslav_territories" title="Hungarian occupation of Yugoslav territories">Hungarian occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_during_World_War_II" title="Kosovo during World War II">Kosovo during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_the_Slovene_Lands" title="World War II in the Slovene Lands">World War II in the Slovene Lands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslav_Macedonia" title="World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia">World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_warfare_in_Yugoslavia_(1941%E2%80%931945)" title="Air warfare in Yugoslavia (1941–1945)">Air warfare in Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_bombing_of_Yugoslavia_in_World_War_II" title="Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II">Allied bombing campaign</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p><b>The Kozara Offensive</b> (<a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbo-Croatian language">Serbo-Croatian</a>: <i lang="sh">Kozaračka ofenziva/ofanziva</i>), also known as <b>Operation West Bosnia</b> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Operation West-Bosnien</i>) was a large-scale <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">German</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Counterinsurgency" title="Counterinsurgency">counter-insurgency</a> operation against the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Yugoslav Partisans</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_(region)" title="Bosnia (region)">Bosnian</a> mountain region of <a href="/wiki/Kozara" title="Kozara">Kozara</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. It was launched on 10 June 1942, with the goal to encircle and destroy the Partisans who were operating in the Kozara mountain region near <a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a>, which threatened German access to the <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>-<a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a> railway. </p><p>The offensive was a <a href="/wiki/Coup_de_main" title="Coup de main">coup de main</a> operation, which utilized direct action by elements of the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Home_Guard_(World_War_II)" title="Croatian Home Guard (World War II)">Home Guard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Ustaše</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poorly equipped and outnumbered, the Partisans were nearly annihilated during the fight, with only a few hundred partisans narrowly escaping as the German-NDH forces recaptured the area, including the city of <a href="/wiki/Prijedor" title="Prijedor">Prijedor</a>. The Germans and their allies encircled the main group and achieved their objectives after nearly 40 days of bloody combat, with heavy casualties on both sides. </p><p>The Kozara Offensive became a part of national mythology in post-war Yugoslavia, which honored the bravery and martyrdom of the Partisans.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also earned a reputation as German and NDH forces <a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">massacred Serb civilians</a> as the battle progressed. Most of the civilians were killed during or after the battle, others were sent to <a href="/wiki/Concentration_camps_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia">concentration camps</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp" title="Jasenovac concentration camp">Jasenovac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka_concentration_camp" title="Stara Gradiška concentration camp">Stara Gradiška</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sajmi%C5%A1te_concentration_camp" title="Sajmište concentration camp">Sajmište</a>, or forced labor mines in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps_in_Norway" title="Nazi concentration camps in Norway">German occupied Norway</a> where many perished.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia" title="Kingdom of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a> was <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">invaded</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fascist_Italy_(1922%E2%80%931943)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascist Italy (1922–1943)">Fascist Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1920%E2%80%931946)" title="Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)">Hungary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> on 6 April 1941. On 17 April, the Yugoslav army surrendered after a short campaign. Afterwards, a pro-Axis puppet state in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Independent State of Croatia">Independent State of Croatia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Serbo-Croatian" title="Serbo-Croatian">Serbo-Croatian</a>: <i>Nezavisna Država Hrvatska</i> or NDH) was established, led by dictator <a href="/wiki/Ante_Paveli%C4%87" title="Ante Pavelić">Ante Pavelić</a>. His <a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Ustaše</a> militias became infamous for their sadistic actions against the <a href="/wiki/Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia">Serb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romani_Holocaust" title="Romani Holocaust">Roma</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">Jewish</a> populations within the region. One of the policies the NDH had was to annihilate the Serb population through <a href="/wiki/Catholic_clergy_involvement_with_the_Usta%C5%A1e" title="Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše">forced assimilation</a>, deportations, and massacres. </p><p>Within the occupied Yugoslav territories and in the NDH, armed resistance broke out almost immediately as the Ustaše violence grew. While initial resistance lacked a centralized leadership and was not strictly aligned with any ideology, two main groups eventually grew in size and importance, the Serbian royalist <a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetniks</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Dra%C5%BEa_Mihailovi%C4%87" title="Draža Mihailović">Draža Mihailović</a> and the multi-ethnic communist <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Partisans" title="Yugoslav Partisans">Partisans</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito" title="Josip Broz Tito">Josip Broz Tito</a>. Both groups initially collaborated against the Axis, however differing policies and moral codes eventually led to a guerrilla war between the two movements. While the Partisans were anti-Axis, the Chetniks began extensively <a href="/wiki/Collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany_and_Fascist_Italy" title="Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy">collaborating</a> with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army" title="Royal Italian Army">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">German</a> and <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Home_Guard_(World_War_II)" title="Croatian Home Guard (World War II)">NDH</a> forces around mid-1942. </p><p>In April 1942, the Partisans in northern Bosnia liberated <a href="/wiki/Bosanski_Petrovac" title="Bosanski Petrovac">Bosanski Petrovac</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drvar" title="Drvar">Drvar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glamo%C4%8D" title="Glamoč">Glamoč</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Prijedor" title="Prijedor">Prijedor</a>. The Ustaše commander <a href="/wiki/Vjekoslav_Luburi%C4%87" title="Vjekoslav Luburić">Vjekoslav Luburić</a> sent out a plan for a "security belt" around the river <a href="/wiki/Sava" title="Sava">Sava</a> and gave orders to round up the Serb population that was seen as supportive of the Partisans. Upon realizing this, whole villages deserted to the Partisans divisions hiding in the mountain of Kozara. This was reported by the Ustaše on 8 April 1942, "Jablanac: the inhabitants of the Orthodox faith moved with all their possessions to Orahova village. The five Catholic families moved to the village of Mlaka.”<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Planning">Planning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Planning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg/220px-Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg/330px-Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg/440px-Maks_Luburi%C4%87_in_Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1025" /></a><figcaption>Ustaše commander Vjekoslav Luburić and a German Major during a visit to Stara Gradiška concentration camp at the time of the Kozara Offensive, June 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>A military operation was planned beginning in May 1942 to eliminate any Partisan influence and round up the Serb population now seen as supportive of the communist Partisans. The Germans and NDH were concerned that their next move would be capturing <a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka" title="Banja Luka">Banja Luka</a> which would disrupt German weapon transports in the <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>-<a href="/wiki/Zagreb" title="Zagreb">Zagreb</a> railway. The future <a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" title="Secretary-General of the United Nations">Secretary General of the United Nations</a> and <a href="/wiki/President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">President of Austria</a> <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim" title="Kurt Waldheim">Kurt Waldheim</a> was involved in the planning and implementation, his involvement and tenure in Yugoslavia during World War II would later draw international notoriety.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda,_1941-42.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg/220px-Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg/330px-Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg/440px-Borci_Kozarskog_NOP_odreda%2C_1941-42.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1505" data-file-height="1598" /></a><figcaption>Group of Yugoslav Partisans of the 2nd Krajina National Liberation Partisan Detachment (also known as the Kozara Partisan Detachment), early 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stahl,_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg/220px-Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg/330px-Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg/440px-Stahl%2C_Ustase_officer_and_Radic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2125" data-file-height="1527" /></a><figcaption>Generallieutenant Friedrich Stahl, an Ustaše commander, and vojvoda Rade Radić in central Bosnia, June 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>Kampfgruppe West-Bosnien had around 39,000 soldiers under the command of <a href="/wiki/Generalleutnant" title="Generalleutnant">Generalleutnant</a> <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Stahl_(officer)" title="Friedrich Stahl (officer)">Friedrich Stahl</a><i><b>.</b></i> The German <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> had 15,000 soldiers from the 704th and 714th Infantry Divisions, while the Ustaše and Home Guard engaged 22,000 alongside elements of the 1st Ustaše Regiment of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Legion_(Usta%C5%A1e_militia)" title="Black Legion (Ustaše militia)">Black Legion</a>. 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Chetniks" title="Chetniks">Chetnik</a> soldiers under the command of <a href="/wiki/Voivode" title="Voivode">vojvoda</a> <a href="/wiki/Rade_Radi%C4%87" title="Rade Radić">Rade Radić</a> would also participate in this battle. Radić previously fought alongside the Partisans but would later grow disillusioned with their ideology. In April 1942, he formed his own Chetnik division and staged a coup at a hospital near Banja Luka, killing several Partisans including physician <a href="/wiki/Mladen_Stojanovi%C4%87" title="Mladen Stojanović">Mladen Stojanović</a>. The Partisans had only around 3,500 soldiers, consisting of men from the 2nd Krajina Detachment, with elements of the 3rd and 4th battalions of the 1st Detachment. Despite these setbacks, the men were well trained as many were foreign <a href="/wiki/International_Brigades" title="International Brigades">Republican</a> veterans of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Spanish Civil War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The operation commenced on 10 June shortly after 4:30 am. The Germans were able to catch the exhausted Partisans by surprise and managed to capture Prijedor and the mines of Ljubjina, which were under danger of falling into enemy hands. Many Serb civilians fled to the mountains to seek sanctuary with the Partisans. The Germans and Croatian armies quickly encircled the Partisans. On June 17 the encirclement was completed after eight days of fighting, although the Domobran forces would suffer heavy losses, mostly from inexperienced soldiers. </p><p>The 2nd Krajina Detachment began plans for a break out. On 26 June, reinforcements from the 704th German Division to lay siege on the encircled Partisans and the 1st Krajina Detachment was ambushed during a break out attempt. The situation was becoming increasingly dire and chaotic. Many Partisans were killed or wounded, and the Headquarters Detachment made the decision to break out on the night of 3 and 4 July. The preparations were hastily arranged and many wounded Partisans were left behind as a result. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/220px-Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/330px-Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/440px-Zbeg_na_Kozari_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1995" data-file-height="1292" /></a><figcaption>Serb villagers taking refuge in the mountain of Kozara, mid 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>The breakthrough started as planned after midnight on 4 July. The 2nd Detachment came across German soldiers, who pushed them back. Fighting continued until morning, culminating in the 1st Shock Battalion narrowly escaping destruction with 11,000 civilians also fleeing. Another break out attempt was made, but with no success. German tanks reinforced the defense and only small pockets were able to escape. After 38 days of bloody fighting, the main group of Partisans was destroyed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Estimates of casualties range at around 9,000 to 10,000 soldiers killed or wounded on both sides. The Germans and their allies suffered 7,000 killed while the Partisans only lost around 1,700 to 2,000 soldiers. The 1st and 2nd Krajina Detachments were completely annihilated, with only 900 Partisans being able to break out and they formed the 5th Krajina Brigade which fought around the region until war's end. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/220px-Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/330px-Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg/440px-Zlo%C4%8Din_usta%C5%A1a_na_Kozari_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2041" data-file-height="1341" /></a><figcaption>Germans and Ustaše posing with the corpses of slaughtered Serbs in Kozara, June 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg/220px-Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg/330px-Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg/440px-Deportation_of_Serbs_and_Gypsies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1003" /></a><figcaption>Serbs and Roma from the Kozara region deported to the Jasenovac concentration camp</figcaption></figure> <p>The Kozara Offensive became a part of national mythology in post-war Yugoslavia, which honored the bravery and martyrdom of the Partisans and people caught in the crossfire. In retaliation, the German and NDH forces began massacring Serb civilians and Partisans who were unable to escape. Large number of Serbs were killed on the spot, women and children were deported to the <a href="/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp" title="Jasenovac concentration camp">Jasenovac</a> or <a href="/wiki/Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka_concentration_camp" title="Stara Gradiška concentration camp">Stara Gradiška</a> concentration camps were many subsequently died. Male prisoners were taken to the Nazi <a href="/wiki/Sajmi%C5%A1te_concentration_camp" title="Sajmište concentration camp">Sajmište concentration camp</a> near <a href="/wiki/Zemun" title="Zemun">Zemun</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a> or to forced labor mines in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps_in_Norway" title="Nazi concentration camps in Norway">German occupied Norway</a> from which few returned. It is estimated that around 25,000 to 60,000 Kozara Serbs were murdered by the Germans and Ustaše militias. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0,_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg/220px-%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg/330px-%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg/440px-%D0%98%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2620" /></a><figcaption>Monument to the Revolution by Dusan Dzamonja which honors the Partisans and Serbs who fell during the Kozara Offensive</figcaption></figure> <p>Partisan activities resumed in the region after the Axis forces withdrew in September 1942. A statue called the <a href="/wiki/Monument_to_the_Revolution_(Kozara)" title="Monument to the Revolution (Kozara)">Monument to the Revolution</a> was erected in honor of those who fell during the battle of Kozara in 1972, by sculptor <a href="/wiki/Du%C5%A1an_D%C5%BEamonja" title="Dušan Džamonja">Dušan Džamonja</a>. Unlike most anti-fascist monuments in the country, it escaped vandalism and destruction during the <a href="/wiki/Bosnian_War" title="Bosnian War">Bosnian War</a>. The only pieces stolen were several stone panels listing several entities. After the war, a <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_cross" title="Russian Orthodox cross">Serbian Orthodox cross</a> was installed in the amphitheater entrance. The site is well maintained and continues to be a popular attraction with many annual festivals, commemorations and remembrance events held there today.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kozara" title="Kozara">Kozara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozara_(film)" title="Kozara (film)">Kozara (film)</a>, a Yugoslav film made in 1962</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kozara_National_Park" title="Kozara National Park">Kozara National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_to_the_Revolution_(Kozara)" title="Monument to the Revolution (Kozara)">Monument 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"Guerilla Operations in Yugoslavia on the Basis of the Battle of Kozara". <i>The Journal of Slavic Military Studies</i>. <b>23</b> (3): 477–89. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13518046.2010.503150">10.1080/13518046.2010.503150</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144954834">144954834</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+Slavic+Military+Studies&rft.atitle=Guerilla+Operations+in+Yugoslavia+on+the+Basis+of+the+Battle+of+Kozara&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=477-89&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F13518046.2010.503150&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A144954834%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft.aulast=Krzak&rft.aufirst=Andrzej&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKozara+Offensive" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoare2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Marko_Attila_Hoare" title="Marko Attila Hoare">Hoare, Marko Attila</a> (2006). <i>Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks 1941–1943</i>. New York: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-726380-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-726380-8"><bdi>978-0-19-726380-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Genocide+and+Resistance+in+Hitler%27s+Bosnia%3A+The+Partisans+and+the+Chetniks+1941%E2%80%931943&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-19-726380-8&rft.aulast=Hoare&rft.aufirst=Marko+Attila&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKozara+Offensive" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kozara_Offensive&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiletić1977" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Antun_Mileti%C4%87" title="Antun Miletić">Miletić, Antun</a> (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://znaci.org/00001/165_12.pdf">"Neke mere i dejstva Vermahta na Kozari 1941-1942. godine"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Serbian)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 October</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Neke+mere+i+dejstva+Vermahta+na+Kozari+1941-1942.+godine&rft.date=1977&rft.aulast=Mileti%C4%87&rft.aufirst=Antun&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fznaci.org%2F00001%2F165_12.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKozara+Offensive" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="World_War_II_in_Yugoslavia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lijev%C4%8De_Field" title="Battle of Lijevče Field">Battle of Lijevče Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zelengora" title="Battle of Zelengora">Battle of Zelengora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poljana" title="Battle of Poljana">Battle of Poljana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Od%C5%BEak" title="Battle of Odžak">Battle of Odžak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Croatia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zagreb_in_World_War_II" title="Zagreb in World War II">Zagreb in World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Macedonia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslav_Macedonia" title="World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia">World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Serbia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_during_World_War_II" title="Kosovo during World War II">Kosovo during World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Slovenia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_in_the_Slovene_Lands" title="World War II in the Slovene Lands">World War II in the Slovene Lands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategic bombing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Belgrade <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Retribution_(1941)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Retribution (1941)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Belgrade_(1944)" title="Bombing of Belgrade (1944)">1944</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Podgorica_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Podgorica in World War II">Podgorica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Sarajevo_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Sarajevo in World War II">Sarajevo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Zadar_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Zadar in World War II">Zadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Zagreb_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Zagreb in World War II">Zagreb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>see also</dt> <dd></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Template:Factions_in_the_Yugoslav_Front" title="Template:Factions in the Yugoslav Front">Factions in the Yugoslav Front</a></b></dd> <dd><b><a href="/wiki/Template:People_of_the_Yugoslav_Front" title="Template:People of the Yugoslav Front">People of the Yugoslav Front</a></b></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Genocide_of_Serbs_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Genocide_of_Serbs" title="Template:Genocide of Serbs"><abbr title="View this 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<li><a href="/wiki/Serbs_of_Croatia" title="Serbs of Croatia">Serbs of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbs_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbs_in_Vojvodina" title="Serbs in Vojvodina">Serbs in Vojvodina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prelude</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Serb_sentiment" title="Anti-Serb sentiment">Anti-Serb sentiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_policy_of_Nazi_Germany" title="Racial policy of Nazi Germany">Nazi racial policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Yugoslavia" title="Invasion of Yugoslavia">Invasion of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e" title="Ustaše">Ustaše</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Usta%C5%A1e_Militia" title="Ustaše Militia">Ustaše Militia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia">The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Croatia" title="Greater Croatia">Greater Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatisation" title="Croatisation">Croatisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persecution_of_Eastern_Orthodox_Christians" title="Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians">Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_clergy_involvement_with_the_Usta%C5%A1e" title="Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše">Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatian_Orthodox_Church" title="Croatian Orthodox Church">Croatian Orthodox Church</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Concentration_camps_in_the_Independent_State_of_Croatia" title="Concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia">Concentration camps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp" title="Jasenovac concentration camp">Jasenovac</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prisoners_of_Jasenovac" title="List of prisoners of Jasenovac">list of prisoners</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stara_Gradi%C5%A1ka_concentration_camp" title="Stara Gradiška concentration camp">Stara Gradiška</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90akovo_internment_camp" title="Đakovo internment camp">Đakovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisak_children%27s_concentration_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Sisak children's concentration camp">Sisak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospi%C4%87_concentration_camp" title="Gospić concentration camp">Gospić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadovno_concentration_camp" title="Jadovno concentration camp">Jadovno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepoglava_concentration_camp" title="Lepoglava concentration camp">Lepoglava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danica_concentration_camp" title="Danica concentration camp">Danica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobor_concentration_camp" title="Lobor concentration camp">Lobor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerestinec_concentration_camp" title="Kerestinec concentration camp">Kerestinec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jastrebarsko_children%27s_camp" title="Jastrebarsko children's camp">Jastrebarsko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slana_concentration_camp" title="Slana concentration camp">Slana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kru%C5%A1%C4%8Dica_concentration_camp" title="Kruščica concentration camp">Kruščica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sajmi%C5%A1te_concentration_camp" title="Sajmište concentration camp">Sajmište</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gornja_Rijeka_concentration_camp" title="Gornja Rijeka concentration camp">Gornja Rijeka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mass_executions_and_massacres_in_Yugoslavia_during_World_War_II" title="List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during World War II">Massacres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Banski_Grabovac_massacre" title="Banski Grabovac massacre">Banski Grabovac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banja_Luka_massacre" title="Banja Luka massacre">Banja Luka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garavice" title="Garavice">Garavice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glina_massacres" title="Glina massacres">Glina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%C5%A1i%C4%87a_Gaj_massacres" title="Rašića Gaj massacres">Rašića Gaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudovac_massacre" title="Gudovac massacre">Gudovac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blagaj_massacre" title="Blagaj massacre">Blagaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vo%C4%87in_massacre_(1942)" title="Voćin massacre (1942)">Voćin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prebilovci_massacre" title="Prebilovci massacre">Prebilovci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gacko_massacre" title="Gacko massacre">Gacko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pridvorica_massacre" title="Pridvorica massacre">Pridvorica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivanci_massacre" title="Ivanci massacre">Ivanci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vo%C4%87in_massacre_(1942)" title="Voćin massacre (1942)">Voćin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_(1941%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1941–45)">Sarajevo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Villa_Luburi%C4%87" title="Villa Luburić">Villa Luburić</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kozara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrmia_massacre" title="Syrmia massacre">Syrmia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Perpetrators</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ante_Paveli%C4%87" title="Ante Pavelić">Ante Pavelić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile_Budak" title="Mile Budak">Mile Budak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julije_Makanec" title="Julije Makanec">Julije Makanec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Mandi%C4%87" title="Nikola Mandić">Nikola Mandić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ademaga_Me%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Ademaga Mešić">Ademaga Mešić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C5%BEafer_Kulenovi%C4%87" title="Džafer Kulenović">Džafer Kulenović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrija_Artukovi%C4%87" title="Andrija Artuković">Andrija Artuković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mladen_Lorkovi%C4%87" title="Mladen Lorković">Mladen Lorković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slavko_Kvaternik" title="Slavko Kvaternik">Slavko Kvaternik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antun_Naj%C5%BEer" title="Antun Najžer">Antun Najžer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petar_Brzica" title="Petar Brzica">Petar Brzica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miroslav_Filipovi%C4%87" title="Miroslav Filipović">Miroslav Filipović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vjekoslav_Luburi%C4%87" title="Vjekoslav Luburić">Vjekoslav Luburić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivica_Matkovi%C4%87_(Usta%C5%A1a)" title="Ivica Matković (Ustaša)">Ivica Matković</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ljubo_Milo%C5%A1" title="Ljubo Miloš">Ljubo Miloš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ante_Vrban" title="Ante Vrban">Ante Vrban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivo_Rojnica" title="Ivo Rojnica">Ivo Rojnica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinko_%C5%A0aki%C4%87" title="Dinko Šakić">Dinko Šakić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dido_Kvaternik" title="Dido Kvaternik">Dido Kvaternik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jure_Franceti%C4%87" title="Jure Francetić">Jure Francetić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alija_%C5%A0uljak" title="Alija Šuljak">Alija Šuljak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Guti%C4%87" title="Viktor Gutić">Viktor Gutić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miroslav_Matijevi%C4%87" title="Miroslav Matijević">Miroslav Matijević</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable victims</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jovo_Be%C4%87ir" title="Jovo Bećir">Jovo Bećir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%A0piro_Bocari%C4%87" title="Špiro Bocarić">Špiro Bocarić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Bogi%C4%87" title="Đorđe Bogić">Đorđe Bogić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Butozan" title="Milan Butozan">Milan Butozan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nada_Dimi%C4%87" title="Nada Dimić">Nada Dimić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branko_Dobrosavljevi%C4%87" title="Branko Dobrosavljević">Branko Dobrosavljević</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuka%C5%A1in_Mandrapa" title="Vukašin Mandrapa">Vukašin Mandrapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhamed_Mehmedba%C5%A1i%C4%87" title="Muhamed Mehmedbašić">Muhamed Mehmedbašić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafailo_Mom%C4%8Dilovi%C4%87" title="Rafailo Momčilović">Rafailo Momčilović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Platon_of_Banja_Luka" title="Platon of Banja Luka">Platon of Banja Luka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sava_%C5%A0umanovi%C4%87" title="Sava Šumanović">Sava Šumanović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sava_Trlaji%C4%87" title="Sava Trlajić">Sava Trlajić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dositej_Vasi%C4%87" title="Dositej Vasić">Dositej Vasić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petar_Zimonji%C4%87" title="Petar Zimonjić">Petar Zimonjić</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armed resistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_1941_Sanski_Most_revolt" title="May 1941 Sanski Most revolt">Đurđevdan uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_1941_uprising_in_eastern_Herzegovina" title="June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina">Eastern Herzegovina uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drvar_uprising" title="Drvar uprising">Drvar uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srb_uprising" title="Srb uprising">Srb uprising</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Humanitarianism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Budisavljevi%C4%87" title="Diana Budisavljević">Diana Budisavljević</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trial_of_Mile_Budak" title="Trial of Mile Budak">Trial of Mile Budak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Gvardijan" title="Operation Gvardijan">Operation Gvardijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aloysius_Stepinac#Trial" title="Aloysius Stepinac">Trial of Aloysius Stepinac</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bibliography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Yugoslav_Auschwitz_and_the_Vatican" title="The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican">The Yugoslav Auschwitz and the Vatican</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Israel_Charny" title="Israel Charny">Encyclopedia of Genocide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Catholic_Church_and_the_Holocaust,_1930%E2%80%931965" title="The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965">The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hitler%E2%80%93Bene%C5%A1%E2%80%93Tito" title="Hitler–Beneš–Tito">Hitler–Beneš–Tito</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Novak" title="Viktor Novak">Viktor Novak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jozo_Tomasevich" title="Jozo Tomasevich">Jozo Tomasevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smilja_Avramov" title="Smilja Avramov">Smilja Avramov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enver_Red%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Enver Redžić">Enver Redžić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antun_Mileti%C4%87" title="Antun Miletić">Antun Miletić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasilije_Kresti%C4%87" title="Vasilije Krestić">Vasilije Krestić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Biondich" title="Mark Biondich">Mark Biondich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rory_Yeomans" title="Rory Yeomans">Rory Yeomans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mojzes" title="Paul Mojzes">Paul Mojzes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veljko_%C4%90uri%C4%87_Mi%C5%A1ina" title="Veljko Đurić Mišina">Veljko Đurić Mišina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dejan_Jovi%C4%87" title="Dejan Jović">Dejan Jović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrvoje_Klasi%C4%87" title="Hrvoje Klasić">Hrvoje Klasić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_historiography" title="Serbian historiography">Serbian historiography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cultural depictions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Eagles Fly Early</i> (<a href="/wiki/Eagles_Fly_Early_(novel)" title="Eagles Fly Early (novel)">book</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eagles_Fly_Early_(film)" title="Eagles Fly Early (film)">film</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Birds_(film)" title="Black Birds (film)">Black Birds</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_the_War" title="The End of the War">The End of the War</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dagger_(1999_film)" title="The Dagger (1999 film)">The Dagger</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Diary_of_Diana_B." title="The Diary of Diana B.">The Diary of Diana B.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dara_of_Jasenovac" title="Dara of Jasenovac">Dara of Jasenovac</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zave%C5%A1tanje" 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