Koprivnica*
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Date: October 16, 1944 *
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Battle Location: Koprivnica, Croatia*
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Battle Type: Yugoslav partisans assault vs Croatian Ustashe defend*
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Description: After having cut off and surrounded the Croatian city of Koprivnica partisan forces mounted an assault in mid October 1944. The Croatian defenders, some who were old hands of the Ustashe Black Legion, commanded by Boban not having much too lose put up a spirited defence.*
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Attacking with three divisions the partisans were able to make it into the city but a counterattack threw them back, and despite their vast superiority in numbers the partisans had to break off the attack when reinforcing German and Croatian troops launched a relief effort. This was something of an embarrassment to the partisans who had also been able to deploy artillery in the fight.*
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Notes:. If played against the AI the human player should take the Yugoslav partisan side.*
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Sources: Eisenstaedter, P – Leva foer att Oeverleva (Live to Survive).*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**


