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Tuzla operation

History

In September 1943 most German forces were redirected towards Adriatic coast to disarm Italian army and secure the coastline from possible Allied landings. This weakened garrisons in the interior and Tito issued directive to 1st Bosnian Corps to see if Tuzla can be captured without too much losses.

Orders of Battle

• Axis ORBAT - 8500 soldiers, colonel Sulejman Filipović, colonel Kuthner
• Tuzla garrison brigade
• 2nd Assault Battalion of the 5th Rifle Regiment
• Volunteer Regiment, captain Hadžialijagić
• Battalion and artillery battery of 369th Division
• Chetnik detachment
• Yugoslav Partisans ORBAT
• 17th Division
• 2nd Krajina Brigade

Casualties

• Axis
• 2174 captured
• 655 killed and wounded
• Yugoslav Partisans

• 1910 rifles
• 102 light machine-guns

Aftermath

Reference

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