Operation Rösselsprung (1944)

May 25 – June 6, 1944 · Drvar

Result German failure

German paratroopers and ground forces attacked Tito's headquarters at Drvar in Bosnia to capture or kill him. Tito escaped, and the Partisans fought off the attack.

On the map Contemporaries

Axis

Yugoslav Partisans

Other

Axis powers

Germany

Independent State of Croatia

Chetniks

Yugoslav Partisans

Lothar Rendulic military commander

Otto Kumm military commander

Ernst von Leyser military commander

Josip Broz Tito military commander

Strength and losses

Killed: 789
Wounded: 929
Missing: 51

Units

V SS Mountain Corps XV Mountain Corps (Wehrmacht) 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen

1st Corps (Yugoslav Partisans) Dinara Division