Operation Kopaonik (original) (raw)

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The Operation Kopaonik was a large-scale Axis offensive launched against the Mihailović's Chetniks in Axis occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was inspired by Heinrich Himmler who believed that the annihilation of Draža Mihailović and his forces was a basis for a success in Serbia and South East Europe. Since Dragutin Keserović and his Rasina Corps was probably the most active commander of Mihailovićs Chetniks in Serbia, the newly established 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was engaged to participate in Operation Kopaonik to destroy Keserović and Chetnik unit under his command. Besides the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen the Axis forces consisted of several battalions of Bulgarian 9th Infantry Division also. All of them commanded by Artur Phleps. The Yugoslav forces targeted in the Operation Kopaonik consisted of Rasina Corps of Chetniks of Draža Mihailović under command of Dragutin Keserović. The operation failed because Keserović was informed about the movement of the Axis forces and successfully retreated his forces before the Axis forces surrounded the targeted region. Still, Himmler was pleased with participation of the Prinz Eugen Division and immediately after the operation ended he visited it for three days. During this operation Axis forces committed mass murder of hundreds of Serb civilians in the targeted region. After the operation Prinz Eugen division attacked Mihailovićs Chetniks in region of Gornji Milanovac and Čačak. (en)

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Chetniks

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1942-10-14 (xsd:date)

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dbr:Kriva_Reka,_Brus

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* failure of Axis forces to destroy Chetniks
* mass murder of Serb civilians

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690 (xsd:integer)

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Chetniks (en)
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Wagner (en)
Artur Phleps (en)
August Schmidhuber (en)
Dragutin Keserović (en)
Richard Kaaserer (en)
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Petar Panev (en)

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Operation Kopaonik (en)

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0001-10-14 (xsd:gMonthDay)

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region around Kriva Reka on Kopaonik, Central Serbia (en)

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* failure of Axis forces to destroy Chetniks * mass murder of Serb civilians (en)

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Chetniks, Rasina Corps (en)
* of 14th SS Regiment of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen ** 6,000 in three infantry battalions *1,000 Several battalions of Bulgarian 9th Infantry Division * 300 Russian Protective Corps (en)

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The Operation Kopaonik was a large-scale Axis offensive launched against the Mihailović's Chetniks in Axis occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. The operation was inspired by Heinrich Himmler who believed that the annihilation of Draža Mihailović and his forces was a basis for a success in Serbia and South East Europe. Since Dragutin Keserović and his Rasina Corps was probably the most active commander of Mihailovićs Chetniks in Serbia, the newly established 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was engaged to participate in Operation Kopaonik to destroy Keserović and Chetnik unit under his command. (en)

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Operation Kopaonik (en)

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Operation Kopaonik (en)

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