Operation "Raureif" (1943-11-13)
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Dates: 13 – 17 November 1943. (1)
Objective: To retake and hold Turbe, a small town 7 kilometers west of Travnik, that was believed to be threatened with capture by the Partisans.
Enemy Forces: 5th Assault Division NOVJ?
Axis Forces:
German
Kroat. Infanterie-Rgt. 369
Croatian
- unknown, if any -
Conduct of Operations and Results: The regiment took Turbe on 15 November. There was no opposition. Why this was assigned a name and considered an anti-Partisan operation is not known.
Footnotes
1. Schraml, Franz - Kriegsschauplatz Kroatien (Neckargemünd: Kurt Vowinckel Verlag , 1962), p.73.