Battle of Turjak Castle

Battle of Turjak Castle
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Taken in 1907
Date 19 September 1943 Location Turjak Castle, Lower Carniola, Slovenia 45°52′36″N 14°36′28″E / 45.8767°N 14.6079°E / 45.8767; 14.6079Coordinates: 45°52′36″N 14°36′28″E / 45.8767°N 14.6079°E / 45.8767; 14.6079 Result Partisan victory
Belligerents
Slovene Partisans  Kingdom of Italy	White Guard Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Strength
Prešeren Brigade Italian Royal Army	Vaske Straze (White Guard) Detachments of Royal Yugoslav Army
Casualties and losses
unknown	846 killed

Slovene Partisans

White Guard

Prešeren Brigade

Vaske Straze (White Guard)

The Battle of Turjak Castle (Slovene: bitka za Turjak) on 19 September 1943 was an encounter between the Slovene Partisans or Liberation Front of the Slovene People in cooperation with Italian Militias, the Slovene Partisans were the Allies of the Soviet Union in Slovenia this alliance had the objective to extend the communism and to obtain the power they could not in democratic elections in Slovenia. They cooperate with Soviet Union on the Comintern and in the battlefield many times with Italian forces (Grčarice, Turjak, etc.). Their objective was obtain the power and start the revolution in Slovenia during the occupation of the Axis forces creating a dramatically civil war. The battle was against the pro-western democracies men formed as Village Guards (Slovene: Vaske Straze), and other forces detachments of Royal Yugoslav Army. Vaske Straze are also mentioned as White Guard by communist as an example of being the enemies of the Soviet revolutionaries.

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