Operation Details

Schneegestöber (ii)

Schneegestöber' (ii) was a German attempt to pin and destroy the 'Pohorje' Partisan Detachment and 14th Division of Marshal Josip Broz Tito’s forces in German-occupied Yugoslavia (6/10 December 1944).

,

The 4,000-man German force committed to this undertaking was centred on the 1/14th SS Polizeiregiment, 3/14th SS Polizeiregiment, 2/19th SS Polizeiregiment, 3/19th SS Polizeiregiment, elements of the 18th Regiment, men of the non-commissioned officer schools in Maribor and Slovenska Bistrica, the Wehrmannschaftbataillon 'Nord' and the Wehrmannschaftbataillon 'Mitte'.

,

After taking position along the lines linking Ruse and Smartno, and Phorje, Oplotnica, Vitanje, Dovze, Lehen and Pusčava in the Pohorje mountain region, the Germans undertook search operations on 6/10 December but failed to locate the 'Pohorje' Partisan Detachment.

Basic Overview

Formation

Antagonists