Operation PFADFINDER

Operation PFADFINDER

Unternehmen Pfadfinder / (Scout/Pathfinder)

History

Carried out by 1st Brandenburg Regiment from 8 to 9 May 1944 in area of Stankovci-Banjevci.

Began at 13:00 on 8 May and ended at 18:00 on the following day.

Operation was probably launched as reaction of possible Partisan units movement in the area but failed to encounter larger groups of Partisans.

Orders of Battle

1st Brandenburg Regiment

Regimental Staff - Skradin, 3 officers, 8 sub-officers, 22 soldiers

1st Battlion - 6 officers, 40 sub-officers, 255 soldiers

Staff - Kistanje

1st Company - Kistanje

2nd Company - Äeverska

3rd Company - Kistanje

2nd Battlion - 11 officers, 48 sub-officers, 268 soldiers

Staff - Kistanje

5th Company - Kistanje

6th Company - OstroviÄke-Lisane

7th Company - Kistanje

3rd Battlion - Prosika-Tribunj area, 5 officers, 19 sub-officers, 139 soldiers

Casualties

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German

2 killed

4 wounded (1 lightly)

Partisans losses reported by Germans

30 confirmed killed

15 estimated killed

17 captured

1 sub-machine gun

12 rifles

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Aftermath

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