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Banja Luka operation

(Banjalučka operacija)

First operation (Prva operacija)

Started on 12 December 1943 at 10.00 p.m. with attack of units of 5th Corps of NOVJ on Banja Luka, airfield in Zalužani and Bosanska Gradiška, lasted until 1 January 1944. Purpose of operation was easing the German pressure on NOVJ forces in east Bosnia.

Second operation (Druga operacija)

18-28 September 1944, fought for the purpose of linking liberated areas of Bosanska krajina and central Bosnia. Units of 5th Corps NOVJ captured Banja Luka except stronghold Kaštel were some 300 Germans and Ustasha were blocked. German army sent Rudno and Panvic groups, some 5000 soldiers, to Banja Luka. After groups broke the siege of Kaštel, units of 5th Corps retreated from the city.