Kozara Offensive

Zločin ustaša nakon ofanzive na Kozari 1942.

Map describing the Axis offensive in the Kozara region (from 10 June to 16 July 1942)

Group of Yugoslav Partisans of the 2nd Krajina National Liberation Partisan Detachment (also known as the Kozara Partisan Detachment)

Dizdar Pašo, bosanski partizan, poginuo tokom bitke na Kozari braneći narod od Nemaca, ustaša i četnika.

Ustaška propaganda nakon bitke na Kozari 1942.

Milja i Rosa Zlokapa, zarobljene u ofanzivi na Kozari 1942. godine. Posle bekstva priključile su se Trećem bataljonu Sedamnaeste siavonske brigade.Poginule 1943

Neprijateljska ofanziva na Kozaru 1942.

Ustaški glas - Pala je Kozara

Prva krajiška NOU brigada formirana je u Lamovitoj pod Kozarom, 21. maja 1942. Sastavljena je od boraca sa šireg područja Bosanske krajine. Snimak prikazuje deo brigade na dan formiranja, postrojene ispred osnovne škole.

Sahrana strijeljanih Kozarčana nakon neprijateljske ofanzive 1942.

Smotra kozaračkih boraca pred narodom Kozare

Friedrich Stahl as a witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

U zbjegu na Kozari juna 1942. godine

Ustaše masovno streljaju zarobljene u Bosni

Narod i vojska u zbegu na Kozari 1942.

Četnički komandant u zapadnoj Bosni Uroš Drenović s nemačkim oficirima na terenu.
Historical Overview
The Kozara Offensive, also known as Operation West Bosnia was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation against the Yugoslav Partisans in the Bosnian mountain region of Kozara in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. It was launched on 10 June 1942, with the goal to encircle and destroy the Partisans who were operating in the Kozara mountain region near Banja Luka, which threatened German access to the Belgrade-Zagreb railway.
Quick Facts
Wehrmacht / Ustase
- Commander: Friedrich Stahl
- Strength: ca. 15.000
- Casualties: gering
Yugo Partisans
- Commander: Josip Broz Tito
- Strength: ca. 3.500
- Casualties: ca. 2.500
Strategic Context
Crushing partisan units in Northern Bosnia.
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