Operation Uzice

Operation Uzice
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date September 27 – November 29, 1941 Location Occupied Yugoslavia 43°31′N 19°31′E / 43.51°N 19.51°E / 43.51; 19.51Coordinates: 43°31′N 19°31′E / 43.51°N 19.51°E / 43.51; 19.51 (today’s Bosnian/Serbian border, including the Partisan "Republic of Užice") Result Partisan and Chetnik retreat and heavy losses; breakup and conflict between the two movements
Belligerents
September 27:  Germany Government of National Salvation  Independent State of Croatia		September 27: Partisans Chetniks
November 1 on:  Germany Government of National Salvation  Independent State of Croatia	November 1 on: Chetniks	November 1 on: Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Franz Böhme	Draža Mihailović	Josip Broz Tito
Strength
113th Infantry Division 342nd Infantry Division Elements of: 704th Infantry Division 714th Infantry Division 717th Infantry Division 718th Infantry Division 100th Panzer Brigade (one battalion) Serbian Volunteer Corps; total around 80,000	Around 3,000 (a proportion of which did not participate)	Around 20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown	4,180 killed, c.3,800 missing, c.6,700 wounded

September 27:
 Germany

September 27:

November 1 on:
 Germany

November 1 on:

November 1 on:

Operation Uzice was the first major counter-insurgency operation by the German Wehrmacht on the occupied territory of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was directed against the Užice Republic, the first of several "free territories" liberated by the Yugoslav Partisans. It was named after the town of Užice, and is associated with the First Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Prva neprijateljska ofenziva/ofanziva) in Yugoslavian historiography. The security forces of the German-installed puppet regime of Milan Nedić also participated in the offensive.

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