Operation BRAUN - Axis Order of Battle

Operation BRAUN

Axis Order of Battle

Grupa Sjever (Battle Group North)

, deptuy LtColonel TelaroviÄ‡, advancing from Podravska Slatina - Kutjevo - Papuk

1st Battalion of the 4th Home Defense Regiment

16th Ustasha battalion - Å tir

2nd Battalion of the Syrmia Brigade

4th Engineer Battalion

4th Battalion of the Slavonian Brigade

Grupa Jug (Battle Group South)

Commander LtColonel VidakoviÄ‡, advancing from Slavonska Pozega - Kutjevo

2nd Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment

3rd Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment - commander captain Å imatoviÄ‡, battalion captured

1st Battalion of the 5th Infantry Regiment

2nd Assault Battalion

2nd Rifle Battalion

German ES battalion

4th Engineer Battalion - commander ToÅ¡iÄ‡ killed, battalion destroyed

3rd Battery

13th Ustasha Battalion with howitzer platoon

Grupa Zapad (Battle Group West)

Deployed on the line Daruvar - Pakrac - Okucani - Nova Gradiska. Concentric advance towards Papuk and Ravna Gora.

1st Mountain Division 'Ante Pavelic' without 1st Battalion

German 187th Reserve Division without two battalions

From Miokovice towards VoÄ‡in and Papuk

1st Battalion of the 1st Mountain Division 'Ante Pavelic

parts of the German 187th Reserve Division

German 3rd ES Battalion

Grupa Istok (Battle Group East)

Advancing from Brod na Savi (Slavonski Brod) - Kutjevo.

3rd Infantry Division without 4th Infantry Regiment

13th Ustasha Battalion

4th Battalion of the 6th Infantry Regiment

Slavonian Brigade

Commander colonel Tomislav BosniÄ‡

1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th battalion from 4th Infantry Regiment

18th Ustasha battalion

Battery of the 5th Artillery Battalion from Slavnonska PoÅ¾ega - captain Matija LovrenÄiÄ‡

units of 1st Mountain Division from VoÄ‡in and Pakrac