Battle of Lijevče Field

The Battle of Lijevče Field (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Lijevča polju, Битка на Лијевча пољу) was fought between 30 March and 8 April 1945 between the Croatian Armed Forces (HOS, the amalgamated Ustashe Militia and Croatian Home Guard forces) and Chetnik forces on the Lijevče field near Banja Luka in what was then the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).

Battle of Lijevče Field
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia

Movement of JVuO troops in 1945.
Date30 March – 8 April 1945
Location
Lijevče field, Independent State of Croatia (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
44°57′39″N 17°20′49″E
Result Independent State of Croatia victory
Belligerents
Chetniks  Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Pavle Đurišić 
Petar Baćović 
Zaharije Ostojić 
Milorad Popović †
Vuk Kalaitović		 Vladimir Metikoš
Zdenko Begić
Marko Pavlović
Units involved

8th Montenegrin Army

  • 1st Division
  • 5th Division
  • 8th Division
  • 9th (Herzegovina) Division
Romanija Corps
Drina Corps
Middle-Bosnian Corps
Mileševa Corps (elements)
Mlava Corps (elements)
Rudnik Corps (elements)
Kosovo Corps (elements)

Croatian Armed Forces

  • 4th Croatian Division
  • 6th Croatian Division
  • Ustasha Defence
Local militias
Croatian Air Force
Strength
10–12,000 10–12,000
Casualties and losses
Several hundred killed
5,500 captured
150 killed after the battle		 Unknown
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