Sarajevo Operation

Sarajevo Operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia

3rd Yugoslav Partisans' Corps enter liberated Sarajevo, 6 April 1945
Date28 March – 10 April 1945
Location
Sarajevo, Bosnia
43°52′N 18°25′E / 43.867°N 18.417°E / 43.867; 18.417
Result

Partisan victory

Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans Green Cadres (paramilitary)  Germany
 Independent State of Croatia
Chetniks
Commanders and leaders
Radovan Vukanović
Pero Kosorić
Slavko Rodić
Vladimir Perić †		 Ernst von Leyser
Strength
38,000 men (5,000–18,000 Zeleni Kader/Green Caders) 50,000 men of which 35,000 Germans
Casualties and losses
637 killed
2,020 wounded		 5,700 killed and wounded
6,000 prisoners
Location of Sarajevo within the Independent State of Croatia

The Sarajevo Operation was an operation by the Yugoslav Partisan Army which led to the liberation of Sarajevo and Central Bosnia in March-April 1945.

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