Lika-Primorje operation explained

Conflict:Lika-Primorje operation
Partof:World War II in Yugoslavia
Date:20 March – 15 April 1945
Place:Lika and Western Bosnia
Result:Yugoslav Army victory
Combatant1: Yugoslav Partisans
Combatant2:
Commander1: Petar Drapšin
Pavle Jakšić
Boško Šiljegović
Commander2: Gustav Fehn
Units1: 4th Army
Units2: XV Mountain Corps
Strength1:70,000
Strength2:40,000
Casualties2:First phase: 5,616 killed, 6,949 wounded and 2,905 wounded

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

. Mladenko Colić. Pregled operacija na jugoslovenskom ratištu 1941-1945 . 1988. Belgrade. Vojnoistorijski institut.

See also