Fourth Enemy Offensive

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The Fourth Enemy Offensive, also known as the Battle of Neretva, was a major World War II campaign in Yugoslavia in 1943 in which Axis forces attempted to encircle and destroy the Yugoslav Partisans.

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Fourth Enemy Offensive canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Neretva ⓘ
belligerent Axis powers ⓘ
Chetniks ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
commandedBy Josip Broz Tito ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Bulgaria ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
describedIn Yugoslav military historiography as a key turning point ⓘ
followedBy Fifth Enemy Offensive ⓘ
follows Third Enemy Offensive ⓘ
goal encirclement and destruction of Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
hasPart battles around Konjic ⓘ
fighting in eastern Herzegovina ⓘ
operations around Prozor ⓘ
inspired 1969 Yugoslav film "Battle of Neretva" ⓘ
location Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Neretva River ⓘ
linked to: Neretva

Yugoslavia ⓘ
notableFor large-scale Axis attempt to annihilate Partisan forces ⓘ
protection and evacuation of thousands of wounded ⓘ
successful Partisan maneuver warfare ⓘ
participant Chetnik formations ⓘ
linked to: Chetniks

Domobran (Home Guard) forces of the Independent State of Croatia ⓘ
linked to: Croatian Home Guard

German Wehrmacht units ⓘ
Italian Army units ⓘ
Ustaše forces ⓘ
linked to: Ustaše Militia

Yugoslav Partisan Supreme Headquarters ⓘ
partOf Axis anti-Partisan operations in Yugoslavia ⓘ
World War II in Yugoslavia ⓘ
Yugoslav Front of World War II ⓘ
result Axis tactical successes but strategic failure ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisan strategic success ⓘ
significantEvent Partisan breakout across the Neretva River ⓘ
destruction of Neretva bridges by Partisans ⓘ
evacuation of wounded Partisans ⓘ
startTime 1943 ⓘ
strategicObjectiveOf German Army Group E ⓘ
Italian Second Army ⓘ
linked to: Italian 2nd Army
temporalLocation February 1943 ⓘ
March 1943 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Neretva → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Enemy Offensive ⓘ
Battle of Sutjeska → follows → Fourth Enemy Offensive ⓘ
Case White → alsoKnownAs → Fourth Enemy Offensive ⓘ
Fifth Enemy Offensive → precededBy → Fourth Enemy Offensive ⓘ