Battle of Lijevče Field
| Battle of Lijevče Field | |||||||
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| Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |||||||
Movement of JVuO troops in 1945. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Chetniks | Independent State of Croatia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Pavle Đurišić Petar Baćović Zaharije Ostojić Milorad Popović † Radojica Perišić † Vuk Kalaitović |
Vladimir Metikoš Zdenko Begić Marko Pavlović | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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8th Montenegrin Army
Drina Corps Middle-Bosnian Corps Mileševa Corps (elements) Mlava Corps (elements) Rudnik Corps (elements) Kosovo Corps (elements) |
Croatian Air Force | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 10–12,000 | 10–12,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Several hundred killed 5,500 captured 150 executed after the battle | Unknown | ||||||
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The Battle of Lijevče Field (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Lijevča polju, Битка на Лијевча пољу) was fought between 30 March and 8 April 1945 between the Croatian Armed Forces (HOS, the amalgamated Ustashe Militia and Croatian Home Guard forces) and Chetnik forces on the Lijevče field near Banja Luka in what was then the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).