Battle of Nanos explained

Conflict:Battle of Nanos
Place:Nanos, Slovene Littoral
Partof:World War II in Yugoslavia
Combatant1: Kingdom of Italy
Combatant2: Slovene Partisans
Result:Italian victory
Commander1:Unknown
Commander2: Janko Premrl
Casualties2:10 Killed
11 captured
Strength1:800
Strength2:54
Casualties1:Unknown
Date:18 April, 1942

Plateau on 18 April 1942, when 800 Italian soldiers laid siege to 54 Slovene Partisans during World War II. Ten Partisans were killed and eleven captured, while the rest pierced the ring. This was one of the first battles between the Partisan insurgence in the Slovene Littoral, led by Janko Premrl, and the Italian Army, and was the beginning of the struggle for the western border between the two nations.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: President: WW II Resistance Crucial for Slovenia . English Service: News . Slovenian Press Agency . 25 April 2010 . 15 May 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075459/http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?id=1506422&s=a . 7 April 2014 . dead .