Battle of Grčarice
| Battle of Grčarice | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Slovene Chetniks | Slovene Partisans | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Karl Novak Danilo Borut Koprivica Pavle Vošmar Vidmar Milan Kranjc Kajtimar |
Jaka Avšič Vinko Šumrada-Radoš | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Blue Guard: Dolenjska Chetnik Detachment Ljubljana Chetnik Detachment |
14th Slovenian Division: 1st Shock Brigade "Tone Tomšič" 2nd Shock Brigade "Ljubo Šercer" 3rd Shock Brigade "Ivan Gradnik" artillery battery of 2 guns | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 350 | 2,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Complete annihilation: 10 † 120–171 POW, almost all killed after Kočevje trial or without any trial | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Grčarice was fought in early September 1943 between the Slovene Partisans and the Blue Guard. The battle was waged in Grčarice in German-occupied Yugoslavia, modern-day Slovenia.