Mostar operation

Mostar Operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia

8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945
DateFebruary 6–15, 1945
Location43°20′N 17°48′E / 43.333°N 17.800°E / 43.333; 17.800
Result Partisan victory
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav Partisans  Germany
 Independent State of Croatia
Chetniks Chetniks
Commanders and leaders
Yugoslav Partisans Petar Drapšin Nazi Germany Georg Reinicke
Strength
32,800 men 15,000 men
Casualties and losses
515 killed
336 missing
1,600 wounded[1]
Several thousand killed, wounded or captured[1]
Location of Mostar within the Independent State of Croatia
Partisan howitzer during Mostar operation

The Mostar Operation was a series of Yugoslav Partisan military operations in Herzegovina from February 6–15, 1945.