Battle of Sutjeska

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battle
gptkbp:aftermath Strengthened Partisan forces
gptkbp:casualties High for both sides
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Sutjeska_Memorial_Park
Annual remembrance events
gptkbp:climate Difficult due to rain
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans
Axis forces
gptkbp:commander Josip Broz Tito
Fritz_Neidholdt
gptkbp:culturalImpact Inspiration for literature and film
gptkbp:date May 15, 1943
gptkbp:duration May 15 - June 15, 1943
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_the_Sutjeska_River
gptkbp:historicalContext Partisan resistance against Axis occupation
gptkbp:historicalImpact Boosted_morale_of_Partisans
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Partisan accounts
Axis military reports
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Turning_point_in_Yugoslav_resistance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Sutjeska
gptkbp:internationalCooperation Support for Partisan cause
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Italian_4th_Army
gptkb:German_118th_Jäger_Division
gptkb:2nd_Assault_Division
1st Proletarian Brigade
gptkbp:keyFigures gptkb:Vojislav_Kostić
gptkb:Milan_Rakić
gptkb:Milan_Stojanović
gptkb:Milan_Gajić
gptkb:Pavle_Đurišić
Josip Broz Tito
Milan Jovanović
Vladimir Dedijer
Radoje Dakić
Fritz_Neidholdt
gptkbp:landscape Mountainous_region
gptkbp:legacy Symbol of resistance
gptkbp:location Sutjeska_River,_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
gptkbp:militaryRank Use of terrain to advantage
Importance of mobility
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:politicalPosition Strengthened_Yugoslav_Partisan_movement
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Neretva
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Neretva
Operation Schwarz
gptkbp:result Partisan victory
gptkbp:significance Major_battle_in_the_Yugoslav_Front
gptkbp:strategicGoals Breakthrough of encirclement
Partisan retreat to safety
gptkbp:tactics Guerrilla warfare
Encirclement