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| conflict = Mostar Operation
| conflict = Mostar Operation
| partof = [[World War II in Yugoslavia]]
| partof = [[World War II in Yugoslavia]]
| image = Brdska havbica 75 mm v bojih za Mostar od 6. do 14. februarja 1945.jpg
| image = File:8. korpus NOVJ u Mostaru, februar 1945.jpg
| caption = Partisan howitzer during Mostar operation
| caption = 8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945
| date = February 6–15, 1945
| date = February 6–15, 1945
| place = [[Mostar]], [[Herzegovina]]
| place = [[Mostar]], [[Herzegovina]]
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The '''Mostar Operation''' was a series of [[Yugoslav Partisan]] military operations in Herzegovina from February 6–15, 1945.
The '''Mostar Operation''' was a series of [[Yugoslav Partisan]] military operations in Herzegovina from February 6–15, 1945.


== The Battle ==
[[File:Brdska havbica 75 mm v bojih za Mostar od 6. do 14. februarja 1945.jpg|thumb|Partisan howitzer during Mostar operation]]
Most of central [[Herzegovina]] was part of the [[Districts of the Independent State of Croatia|District of Hum]] in the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. Mostar was also home to an air field of the [[Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia]].
Most of central [[Herzegovina]] was part of the [[Districts of the Independent State of Croatia|District of Hum]] in the [[Independent State of Croatia]]. Mostar was also home to an air field of the [[Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia]].


Partisans took the [[Ustaše]] bastion of [[Široki Brijeg]] from the Germans on February 7, and captured the [[Chetnik]] stronghold of [[Nevesinje]] on the night of February 13/14.{{sfn|Hoare|2013|pp=268–269}} They took Mostar without resistance on February 14. Upon entering the city, the Partisans took seven [[Franciscans]], including the head of the Franciscan Province Leo Petrović, from the Church of Saint Peter and Paul and executed them.<ref>[http://www.post.ba/enMarka.php?idMarke=245 Father Leo Petrović] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131438/http://www.post.ba/enMarka.php?idMarke=245 |date=2011-07-06 }}</ref> Their bodies were subsequently dumped into the [[Neretva]] river.
Partisans took the [[Ustaše]] bastion of [[Široki Brijeg]] from the Germans on February 7, and captured the [[Chetnik]] stronghold of [[Nevesinje]] on the night of February 13/14.{{sfn|Hoare|2013|pp=268–269}} They took Mostar without resistance on February 14.
=== Executions ===
Upon entering the city, the Partisans took seven [[Franciscans]], including the head of the Franciscan Province Leo Petrović, from the Church of Saint Peter and Paul and executed them.<ref>[http://www.post.ba/enMarka.php?idMarke=245 Father Leo Petrović] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706131438/http://www.post.ba/enMarka.php?idMarke=245 |date=2011-07-06 }}</ref> Their bodies were subsequently dumped into the [[Neretva]] river.


==Order of battle==
==Order of battle==
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*{{flagicon|Independent State of Croatia}} 9th Croatian Mountain Division
*{{flagicon|Independent State of Croatia}} 9th Croatian Mountain Division
*[[File:Chetniks Flag.svg|22px|border|Chetniks]] Nevesinje Chetnik Corps (approximately 600 troops){{sfn|Anić|2004|pp=211–212}}
*[[File:Chetniks Flag.svg|22px|border|Chetniks]] Nevesinje Chetnik Corps (approximately 600 troops){{sfn|Anić|2004|pp=211–212}}

===Partisans===
*[[8th Dalmatian Corps]]
**[[9th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)|9th Dalmatian Division]]
**[[19th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)|19th Dalmatian Division]]
**[[26th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)|26th Dalmatian Division]]
**Eighth Corps Artillery Brigade
**[[29th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)|29th Herzegovina Division]]
**First Tank Brigade


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:20, 5 January 2020

Mostar Operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia

8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945
DateFebruary 6–15, 1945
Location
Mostar, Herzegovina
Result Partisan victory
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans  Nazi Germany
 Independent State of Croatia
Chetniks
Commanders and leaders
Petar Drapšin Nazi Germany Georg Reinicke
Casualties and losses
515 killed
336 missing
1,600 wounded[1]		 Several thousand killed, wounded or captured[1]

The Mostar Operation was a series of Yugoslav Partisan military operations in Herzegovina from February 6–15, 1945.

The Battle

Partisan howitzer during Mostar operation

Most of central Herzegovina was part of the District of Hum in the Independent State of Croatia. Mostar was also home to an air field of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia.

Partisans took the Ustaše bastion of Široki Brijeg from the Germans on February 7, and captured the Chetnik stronghold of Nevesinje on the night of February 13/14.[2] They took Mostar without resistance on February 14.

Executions

Upon entering the city, the Partisans took seven Franciscans, including the head of the Franciscan Province Leo Petrović, from the Church of Saint Peter and Paul and executed them.[3] Their bodies were subsequently dumped into the Neretva river.

Order of battle

Axis

Partisans

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Mostarska operacija
  2. ^ Hoare 2013, pp. 268–269.
  3. ^ Father Leo Petrović Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Anić 2004, pp. 211–212.

References

  • Anić, Nikola (2004). Povijest Osmog korpusa narodnooslobodilačke vojske Hrvatske 1943-1945 [History of the Eighth Corps of the National Liberation Army of the Croatia]. Zagreb: Dom i svijet. ISBN 978-95-39-93721-6. OCLC 61441941. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hoare, Marko Attila (2013). Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-936543-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Komnenović, Danilo; Kreso, Muharem (1979). 29. hercegovačka divizija [29th Herzegovina Division]. Beograd: Vojnoizdavački zavod. OCLC 6943302.
  • Schraml, Franz (1962). Kriegsschauplatz Kroatien. Die Deutsch-kroatischen Legions-Divisionen-369., 373., 392. Inf.-Div., Kroat., -ihre Ausbildungs- und Ersatzformationen. Neckargemünd: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag. OCLC 4215438.

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