Tito Escort Battalion Explained

Unit Name:Tito Escort Battalion
Dates:1941–1945
Type:Infantry
Role:Protection of the Supreme Headquarters personnel
Size:Battalion
Battles:Third Enemy Offensive
Partisan Long March
Case White
Case Black
Operation Rösselsprung

The Tito Escort Battalion was the protection unit of the Supreme Headquarters of Yugoslav Partisans and their commander Josip Broz Tito, responsible for their safety during World War II in Yugoslavia. It accompanied Tito throughout Yugoslavia during the war, suffering significant casualties and fighting pitched battles at times. Its most notable engagements were during the Axis Case Black offensive in south–eastern Bosnia in mid–1943, and in holding off the airborne assault of the German 500th SS Parachute Battalion during Operation Rösselsprung in mid–1944.

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