Operation SCHNEEGESTÖBER

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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