1942 Anti-Partisan Offensive in Montenegro

1942 Montenegro offensive
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date mid-May–June 1942 Location Italian governorate of Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina Result Italian-Chetnik victory
Belligerents
Italy Chetniks	Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Zaharije Ostojić	Josip Broz Tito Konstantin Popović
Units involved
	1st Proletarian Brigade 2nd Proletarian Brigade

The 1942 Montenegro offensive was an Italian-led counter-insurgency operation of World War II, which targeted the Yugoslav Partisans in the Italian governorate of Montenegro and the eastern Herzegovina region of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It was carried out from mid-May to June 1942, with Chetnik forces taking part on the Italian side. The offensive followed the conclusion of the joint German-Italian Operation Trio in eastern Bosnia. Together these two operations comprise what was known as the Third Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Treća neprijateljska ofenziva) in Yugoslav historiography.

The offensive resulted in the expulsion of almost all Partisans from Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina.

See also

• Anti-partisan operations in World War II
• Resistance during World War II

References

• Geografski institut JNA (1952). "Neprijateljska Ofanziva u Istočnoj Bosni, Crnoj Gori i Hercegovini (od 20. Aprila do Sredine Juna 1942. godine)" [Enemy offensive in eastern Bosnia, Montenegro and Herzegovina (from 20 April to mid-June 1942)]. Istorijski atlas oslobodilačkog rata naroda Jugoslavije [Historical Atlas of the Yugoslav Peoples Liberation War]. Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Vojnoistorijski institut JNA [Military History Institute of the JNA].
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