Battle of Zvornik
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The Battle of Zvornik (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka u Zvorniku) was the 1943 capture by the 1st Proletarian Brigade of the occupied Bosnian town Zvornik from the Wehrmacht and the Ustasha troops of the occupying Independent State of Croatia.
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Part of World War II in Yugoslavia | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Koča Popović (commander) Filip Kljajić † (political commissary) | Rudolf Lüters (general) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3500–5000 | 450–2,000 |
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