Battle of Nanos

The Battle of Nanos (Slovene: bitka na Nanosu) took place on Nanos Plateau on 18 April 1942, when 800 Italian soldiers laid siege to 54 Slovene Partisans during World War II. Ten Partisans were killed and eleven captured, while the rest pierced the ring. This was one of the first battles between the Partisan insurgence in the Slovene Littoral, led by Janko Premrl, and the Italian Army, and was the beginning of the struggle for the western border between the two nations.^[1]

References

↑ "President: WW II Resistance Crucial for Slovenia". English Service: News (Slovenian Press Agency). 25 April 2010.

World War II in Yugoslavia

1941	Invasion of Yugoslavia June uprising in eastern Herzegovina Uprising in Serbia Battle of Loznica Battle of Banja Koviljača Operation Uzice (First Enemy Offensive) Operation Mihailovic Novi Pazar Sjenica Uprising in Montenegro Battle of Pljevlja

1942	Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren (Second Enemy Offensive) Operation Trio (Third Enemy Offensive) Kozara Offensive Operation Alfa

1943	Case White (Fourth Enemy Offensive) Case Black (Fifth Enemy Offensive)

1944	Operations Kugelblitz and Schneesturm (Sixth Enemy Offensive) Operation Rösselsprung (Seventh Enemy Offensive) Belgrade Offensive Kosovo Operation

1945	Syrmian Front Battle of Lijevče Field Bar massacre Battle of Poljana

Macedonia	World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia

Slovenia	Slovene Lands in World War II

Strategic bombing	Belgrade Podgorica Zadar Zagreb

see also Factions in the Yugoslav Front People of the Yugoslav Front Sandžak Muslim militia

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