Lika-Primorje operation

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Lika-Primorje operation
Part of Bosnia
Result	Yugoslav Army victory Destruction of German XV Mountain Corps

Belligerents Yugoslav Partisans  Germany
 Independent State of CroatiaCommanders and leaders Petar Drapšin
Pavle Jakšić
Boško Šiljegović Gustav FehnUnits involved

4th Army

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

XV Mountain Corps

• 392nd Division
• 373rd Division
• 10th Division
• 11th Division

Strength 70,000 40,000Casualties and losses First phase: 5,616 killed, 6,949 wounded and 2,905 wounded^[1]

Lika-Primorje operation was a military operation carried out by the Yugoslav Partisan

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

• Colić, Mladenko (1988). Pregled operacija na jugoslovenskom ratištu 1941-1945. Belgrade: Vojnoistorijski institut.

See also

• Knin operation
• Sarajevo Operation
• Mostar operation
• Trieste operation