Attack on Kruševac

Attack on Kruševac
	Part of the Uprising in Serbia during World War II in Yugoslavia
	; Kruševac Gymnasium in 2019, in September 1941 it was one of the buildings where German forces organized their last line of defence
Date	23—27 September 1941
Location	Kruševac, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
Result	Axis victory
Belligerents
Axis: Germany;	Chetniks Yugoslav Partisans
Commanders and leaders
unknown Captain †; Kosta Pećanac;	Ljubo Novaković Dragutin Keserović; Milutin Radojević; ; Miloje Zakić;
Units involved
717th Infantry Division 749th Infantry Regiment of 2nd battalion; ; ; Pećanac Chetniks Goč Detachment; ;	Rasina Detachment; Stalać Detachment; Partisan Rasina Detachment;
Strength
550 in town's garrison; unknown number of release forces; 500 Pećanac Chetniks;	2—3,000 rebels;
Casualties and losses
28 dead; 16 to 20 wounded;	17 dead and 74 wounded rebels; 60-80 civilians;

The attack on Kruševac was an attack of Yugoslav rebels on Axis-held Kruševac in the German-occupied territory of Serbia which lasted between 23 and 27 September 1941 during World War II.

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