Battle of Batina

Battle of Batina
Part of the Yugoslav and Syrmian fronts of World War II

Photograph of destroyed buildings in Batina after the battle captured by the 1st Vojvodinian Brigade on 30 November 1944.
Date11–29 November 1944
Location
Batina, Hungarian-occupied Yugoslavia
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 Soviet Union
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Yugoslav Partisans		  Germany
Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946) Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Soviet Union Mikhail Sharokhin Nazi Germany Hellmuth Felmy
Strength
Soviet Union 57th Army
51st Partisan Division		 Nazi Germany 68th Army Corps
Brandenburgers
31st SS Division
44th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
1,237 soldiers killed[1]
648 partisans killed		 2,000 dead and wounded
Monument to the Battle of Batina in Batina by Antun Augustinčić.
Detail from the Batina monument which represents Yugoslav partisan going to battle
Inscription: "(Erected in honor of) soldiers and officers of the heroic Red Army who fell in November 1944 in a battle against fascist aggressors. 1297 buried".

The Battle of Batina or Batina Operation (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka kod Batine) was fought on the Syrmian Front of the Second World War between the units of the Red Army and the Yugoslav Partisans against the Wehrmacht and their allies. The battle took place from 11 to 29 November 1944 near the village of Batina in Baranja, on the right bank of the Danube River. According to some estimates, the Battle of Batina was the biggest battle by the number of participants, the intensity of fighting, and the strategic importance that occurred during the World War II in Yugoslavia.[2]

  1. ^ Nikola Božić: BATINSKA BITKA, page 501
  2. ^ "Rusi I Drugisvetski Rat U Jugoslaviji".