Battle of Batina
| Battle of Batina | |||||||
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| Part of the Yugoslav and Syrmian fronts of World War II | |||||||
Photograph of destroyed buildings in Batina after the battle captured by the 1st Vojvodinian Brigade on 30 November 1944. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Soviet Union Yugoslav Partisans |
Germany Hungary | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mikhail Sharokhin | Hellmuth Felmy | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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57th Army 51st Partisan Division |
68th Army Corps Brandenburgers 31st SS Division 44th Infantry Division | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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1,237 soldiers killed 648 partisans killed | 2,000 dead and wounded | ||||||
The Battle of Batina or Batina Operation (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka kod Batine) was fought on the Syrmian Front of the Second World War between the units of the Red Army and the Yugoslav Partisans against the Wehrmacht and their allies. The battle took place from 11 to 29 November 1944 near the village of Batina in Baranja, on the right bank of the Danube River. According to some estimates, the Battle of Batina was the biggest battle by the number of participants, the intensity of fighting, and the strategic importance that occurred during World War II in Yugoslavia.