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Operation SCHNEEGESTÖBER

(Operation Snowstorm/Snow Flurry) / (Operacija Šnegešteber/Snežna vejavica/Snežni metež)

History

German anti-partisan operation in Slovenia.

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On Pohorje mountain range, German units took position along line Ruše - Šmartno and Phorje - Oplotnica - Vitanje - Dovže - Lehen - Puščava and from 6 to 10 December 1944 begun search operations but failed to locate Pohorje partisan detachment.

Orders of Battle

• Axis ORBAT - around 4000 soldiers
• 1st and 3rd Battalion of the 14th SS Police Regiment
• 2nd and 3rd Battalion of the 19th SS Police Regiment
• Parts of the 18th Regiment (611 Landschutz Battalion
• Soldier from the NCO's schools in Maribor and Slovenska Bistrica
• Wehrmannschaft battalions Nord and Mitte
• NOVJ ORBAT
• 14th Division

Casualties

Aftermath

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