Battle of Nanos
The Battle of Nanos (Slovene: bitka na Nanosu) took place on Nanos
| Battle of Nanos | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Italy |  Slovene Partisans | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | Janko Premrl | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 800 | 54 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 10 Killed 11 captured | ||||||
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
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World War II in Yugoslavia
1941
- Axis invasion
- Bombing of Belgrade
- Bombing of Sarajevo
Uprisings
- Uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Sanski Most
- Eastern Herzegovina
- Drvar uprising
- Rogatica
- Olovo
- Uprising in Croatia
- Srb uprising
- Uprising in Serbia
- Bela Crkva
- Loznica
- Banja Koviljača
- Šabac
- Kruševac
- Mačva
- Uzice
- Kraljevo
- Trešnjica
- Novi Pazar
- Mihailovic
- Sjenica
- Uprising in Montenegro
1942
- Dražgoše
- Southeast Croatia
- Hydra
- Prijedor
- Nanos
- Trio
- Chetnik sabotage of Axis communication lines
- Montenegro
- Kozara
- Partisan Long March
- Kupres
- Livno
- Alfa
- Kopaonik
- Bihać
1943
- Case White
- Greenwood–Rootham
- Otto
- Fungus
- Hoathley 1
- Case Black
- Typical
- Zvornik
- Davidson
- Grčarice
- Turjak Castle
- Maclean
- Višegrad
- Bombing of Podgorica
- Bombing of Zadar
- Delphin
- Rogers
- Kugelblitz
- Kočevje
1944
- Maibaum
- Bombing of Belgrade
- Raid on Šolta
- Dafoe
- Lindsay
- Rösselsprung
- Andrijevica
- Halyard
- Ožbalt
- Ratweek
- Serbia
- Belgrade
- Niš
- Stracin–Kumanovo
- Vukov Klanac
- Bregalnitsa–Strumica
- Kosovo
- Syrmian Front
- Floxo
- Niš airspace incident
- Batina
- Knin
- Desivojca
1945
- Trnovo
- Mostar
- Bombing of Zagreb
- Spring Awakening
- Transdanubian Hills
- Lika-Primorje
- Nagykanizsa-Körmend
- Sarajevo
- Lijevče Field
- Trieste
- Zelengora
- Poljana
- Odžak
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]
References
- ^ "President: WW II Resistance Crucial for Slovenia". English Service: News. Slovenian Press Agency. 25 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
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