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11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland
Josip Hočevar (1899 - 1944)
11th Infantry Regiment of Croatian Home Defense/Guard
Arthur Strecker (? - ?)
German 704th Infantry Division
11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland
Josip Hočevar (1899 - 1944)
11th Infantry Regiment of Croatian Home Defense/Guard
Arthur Strecker (? - ?)
German 704th Infantry Division
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Operation KEULENSCHLAG
(Unternehmen Keulenschlag / Operation Crushing Blow)
History
Anti-partisan operation carried out by German 392nd Division "Blue Division" against Yugoslav Partisans 13th (Primorsko-goranska) from 14 to 20 April 1944 in Drežnica region.
Operation also target large Partisan infrastructure which was created in the area after Italian surrender including hidden warehouses of weapons and ammo taken from Italian 5th Corps.
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Orders of Battle
- Axis ORBAT
- Reconnaissance detachment (without 2nd Company) of the 392nd Division - advancing Senj - Tužević - Drežnica
- 3rd Battalion of the 846th Regiment with 2nd Recon Company - advancing Brinje - Škalići
- 2nd Battalion of the 847th Regiment - advancing Senj - village Alan - Stalak - Jasenak
- 3rd Battalion of the 847th Regiment - advancing Novi - Breza - Mošune
- 2nd Battalion of the 846th Regiment - advancing Brinje - Gustovo Polje - Zrnić
- 33rd Ustasha Battalion - advancing Ogulin - Brezno
- NOVJ ORBAT
- 13th Division
Casualties
Aftermath
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Reference
- Antun Giron: Zapadna Hrvatska u Drugom svjetskom ratu
- Franz Schraml: Hrvatsko ratište : njemačko-hrvatske legijske divizije -369., 373., 392. pješ. div. (hrv.)
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