Battle of Pljevlja

Battle of Pljevlja
Part of the Uprising in Montenegro, World War II in Yugoslavia

Partisans before the battle
Date1–2 December 1941
Location
Result

Italian victory

  • Defeat of Partisan forces
Territorial
changes
Pljevlja, Italian governorate of Montenegro, Axis-occupied Yugoslavia
Belligerents
Montenegrin Partisans  Italy
Commanders and leaders
Arso Jovanović Fascist Italy Giovanni Esposito
Units involved
  • Kom detachment
  • Zeta detachment
  • Lovćen detachment
  • Bijeli Pavle detachment
  • Piva battalion
  • Prijepolje company
Fascist Italy 5th Alpine Division "Pusteria"
Strength
4,000 2,000
Casualties and losses
203 killed
269 wounded
73 killed
171 wounded
8 missing/captured
more than 23 citizens of Pljevlja[1]

The Battle of Pljevlja (1-2 December 1941), was a World War II attack in the Italian governorate of Montenegro by Yugoslav Partisans under the command of General Arso Jovanović and Colonel Bajo Sekulić, who led 4,000 Montenegrin Partisans against the Italian occupiers in the town of Pljevlja.[2]

  1. ^ Živković 2011, p. 264.
  2. ^ Rellie 2008, p. 218.