Sarajevo Operation
The Sarajevo Operation was an operation by the Yugoslav Partisan Army which led to the liberation of Sarajevo and Central Bosnia in March-April 1945.
| Sarajevo Operation | |||||||
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| Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |||||||
3rd Yugoslav Partisans' Corps enter liberated Sarajevo, 6 April 1945 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Yugoslav Partisans |
Germany Independent State of Croatia Chetniks | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Radovan Vukanović Pero Kosorić Slavko Rodić Vladimir Perić † | Ernst von Leyser | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 38,000 men | 50,000 men of which 35,000 Germans | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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637 killed 2,020 wounded |
5,700 killed and wounded 6,000 prisoners | ||||||
Location of Sarajevo within the Independent State of Croatia
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