Second anti-Partisan Offensive

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Second anti-Partisan Offensive Part of the Yugoslav Front of World War II Date January 17 – January 23, 1942 Location Eastern Bosnia Result Belligerents Yugoslav Partisans Germany Italy Independent State of Croatia Commanders Josip Broz Tito

v • d • e Yugoslav Front of World War II Seven anti-Partisan offensives First Offensive – Second Offensive – Third Offensive – Battle of Neretva (Fourth Offensive) – Battle of Sutjeska (Fifth Offensive) – Sixth Offensive – Raid on Drvar (Seventh Offensive) Other operations Battle of Kozara - Syrmian Front - Belgrade Offensive - Battle on Lijevča field - Battle of Poljana List of Axis operations in the NDH

The Second anti-Partisan Offensive, known in ex-Yugoslavia as the Second Enemy Offensive (Serbian, Croatian: Druga neprijateljska ofanziva/ofenziva), was a battle during World War II between the Yugoslav Partisans on one side, and German forces aided by a number of Ustaše and Italian troops on the other. It took place in eastern Bosnia between January 17 and January 23, 1942.^[1]
After the battle, the majority of the Partisan 1st Proletarian Brigade retreated by crossing mount Igman near Sarajevo at temperatures as low as - 32°C. The Brigade suffered severe causalities due to cold, 172 of 600 soldiers who crossed the mountain were frozen, leading to large numbers of amputations.

[edit] See also

• Yugoslav Partisans
• Yugoslav People's Liberation War
• Seven anti-Partisan offensives
• List of anti-Partisan operations in Yugoslavia
• Resistance during World War II

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