Attack on Kruševac

Attack on Kruševac
Part of the Uprising in Serbia during World War II in Yugoslavia

Kruševac Gymnasium in 2019, in September 1941 it was one of the buildings where German forces organized their last line of defence
Date23–27 September 1941
Location
Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Axis:

Chetniks


Yugoslav Partisans
Commanders and leaders

  • Miloje Zakić
Units involved

  • Partisan Rasina Detachment
Strength
  • 550 in town's garrison
  • unknown number of release forces
  • 500 Pećanac Chetniks
  • 2,000–3,000 rebels
Casualties and losses
  • 28 dead
  • 16 to 20 wounded
  • 17 dead and 74 wounded rebels
  • 60–80 civilians

The attack on Kruševac was an attack of Yugoslav rebels on Axis-held Kruševac in the German-occupied territory of Serbia which lasted between 23 and 27 September 1941 during World War II.