Side of the mountain called 'Kozaracki Kamen' - overlooking town of Kozarac

Kozara (Козара) is a mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, administratively part of Republika Srpska. It is bounded by the Sava river - north, Vrbas river - east, Sana river - south and Una river - west. The highest peek on Kozara is Lisina (978m). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 673 KB) Summary Beslagic family photo from a vacation in 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 673 KB) Summary Beslagic family photo from a vacation in 2005. ... Anthem: Bože Pravde (English: God of Justice) Patron Saint: Saint Stephen3 The location of Republika Srpska as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ... For other uses of this word, see Sava (disambiguation). ... The Vrbaš is a major river in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Una is a river in the western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina; in its lower course it borders Croatia. ...

Battle of Kozara

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In the spring of 1942, Yugoslav Partisans in middle and west Bosnia liberated Bosanski Petrovac, Drvar, Glamoč and Prijedor. On May 20th, the First Krayina Brigade was founded, and the next day partisans had tanks and modest air force. The free teritory was from the river Sava, across the mountains Kozara and Grmeč Image File history File links Information_icon. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... The Rebellion The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of Peoples Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (Narodno-oslobodilačka vojska i partizanski... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity {{{entity}}} Land area Population (1991 census) 15,552 Population density Coordinates Area code +387 37 Mayor Dragan Kecman (SNSD) Website Bosanski Petrovac portal Bosanski Petrovac (Босански Петровац) is a town in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Drvar is a town and a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of the West Bosnia Canton of the Federation. ... Glamoč Glamoč is a town and municipality of the same name in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... Prijedor (Serbian Cyrillic: Приједор) is a town and municipality in northwestern Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the Sana River, between Novi Grad and Banja Luka. ... Sava also Save (in Serbian: Сава; German: Save; Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Europe, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ...

The German and Ustasha armies saw that Banja Luka and iron mine Ljubija were in danger and organized an offensive to destroy movement. Germans engaged 15000 soldiers, Ustashas and Domobrans about 22000 soldiers, Chetniks about 2000 soldiers and Hungarians participated with 5 monitor ships. The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian right-wing organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The partisan group had about 3000 soldiers, but as reserve they had 60000 civilians.

After intensive battle, in the night July, 3rd some partisan units broke the siege, but the main group is again sieged next night and mainly destroyed. In Široka Luka 500 vounded partisans vere killed. It is estimated that during the battle partisans lost about 1700 soldiers, while axis forces lost about 7000. About 68600 people from Kozara were sent to concentration camps.

About 900 partisan soldiers survived and founded Fifth Krayina Brigade.

In the same time, the main Partisan group with Tito, moved from East Bosnia to West Bosnia, and after withdrawal of the Axis offensive forces, parts of lost area were regained in September 1942.

Also visit

• Kozara National Park
• List of national parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coordinates: 45°00′N 17°00′E National parks of Bosnia and Herzegovina See also: List of national parks Categories: Lists of national parks | Bosnia and Herzegovina ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...