Battle of Zvornik

Battle of Zvornik
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date4–5 July 1943
Location
Zvornik, Independent State of Croatia
44°23′3″N 19°6′9″E / 44.38417°N 19.10250°E / 44.38417; 19.10250
Result Successful capture of Zvornik by Partisan forces
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans  Germany
 Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Koča Popović (commander)
Filip Kljajić † (political commissary)		 Rudolf Lüters (general)
Casualties and losses
3,500–5,000 450–2,000

The Battle of Zvornik (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka u Zvorniku) was the 1943 capture by the 1st Proletarian Brigade of the occupied Bosnian town Zvornik from the Wehrmacht and the Ustasha troops of the occupying Independent State of Croatia.

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