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|conflict = Operation Prijedor |
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|partof = the [[Yugoslav Front]] of [[World War II]] |
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|date = mid to late February 1942 |
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|place = northwest [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] |
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|result = [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisan]] withdrawal |
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|combatant1 = '''[[Axis powers|Axis]]:'''<br/>{{flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}<br />{{flag|Independent State of Croatia}} |
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|combatant2 = '''[[Allies of World War II|Allies]]:'''<br/>{{flagicon|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia}} [[Yugoslav Partisans|Partisans]] |
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|commander1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} [[Oberst]] Rudolf Wutte |
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|commander2 = {{flagicon|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia}} |
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|strength1 = around 5,000 troops |
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|strength2 = 1,000 troops |
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|casualties1 = {{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} |
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|casualties2 = {{flagicon|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia}} |
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|campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Yugoslavia}} |
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|}} |
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'''Operation Prijedor''' was a [[Nazi Germany|German]]-[[Independent State of Croatia|Croatian]] joint [[counter-insurgency]] operation conducted around [[Prijedor]] in the [[Independent State of Croatia]] (NDH) during [[World War II]]. It targeted the [[Yugoslav Partisans]] that had isolated the garrison of Prijedor in [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] between late January and mid February 1942. |
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==Operation== |
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The operation was led by the German 750th Infantry Regiment of the [[718th Infantry Division]] reinforced by a number of units of the [[Independent State of Croatia]] (NDH)(including several battalions of the [[Croatian Home Guard (Independent State of Croatia)|Croatian Home Guard]]). It commenced in mid-February 1942 after [[Operation Ozren]] had concluded.{{sfn|Shepherd|2012|p=164}} |
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The Germans advanced south from [[Dubica, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Dubica]] towards [[Prijedor]], where a German garrison battalion and a number of NDH units had been isolated by Partisan attacks on the railway lines in the surrounding area. The NDH units consisted of four infantry battalions, a gendarmerie battalion and artillery support, along with 29 companies of various types. The NDH units were used to guard the roads and effect a cordon around the area of the operation. The objective of the operation was achieved, and the garrison was relieved.{{sfn|Shepherd|2012|p=164}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Seven anti-Partisan offensives]] |
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* [[Resistance during World War II]] |
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* [[Anti-partisan operations in World War II]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==References== |
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* {{cite book |last=Hoare |first=Marko Attila |title=Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks, 1941–1943 |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0197263801 |ref=harv }} |
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* {{cite book|last=Shepherd|first=Ben|title=Terror in the Balkans:German Armies and Partisan Warfare|year=2012|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-04891-1|url=|ref=harv}} |
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* {{cite book |
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|first=Jozo |
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|last=Tomasevich |
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|title=War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945: Occupation and Collaboration |
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|volume=2 |
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|publisher=Stanford University Press |
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|year=2001 |
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|location=San Francisco |
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|isbn=0-8047-3615-4 |
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|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fqUSGevFe5MC&printsec=frontcover |
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|ref=harv |
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}} |
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* {{cite book |last=Popović|first=Koča|title=Beleške uz ratovanje|year=1988|publisher=BIGZ |isbn=8613002900|ref=harv}} |
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{{Campaignbox Yugofront}} |
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{{coord missing}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Operation Ozren}} |
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[[Category:Battles and operations of World War II]] |
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[[Category:Yugoslavia in World War II]] |
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[[Category:Yugoslav Front]] |
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[[Category:Battles involving the Yugoslav Partisans]] |
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[[Category:Anti-partisan operations of World War II]] |
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[[Category:Military operations of World War II involving Germany]] |
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[[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina in World War II]] |
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