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Battle of Nanos

Coordinates: 45°47′54.76″N 14°3′54.57″E / 45.7985444°N 14.0651583°E / 45.7985444; 14.0651583
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The Battle of Nanos (Slovene: bitka na Nanosu) took place on Nanos

Battle of Nanos
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date18 April, 1942
Location
Result Italian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Italy Slovene Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Janko Premrl
Strength
800 54
Casualties and losses
Unknown 10 Killed
11 captured

Plateau on 18 April 1942, when 800 Italian soldiers laid siege to 54 Slovene Partisans during World War II. Ten Partisans were killed and eleven

captured, while the rest pierced the ring. This was one of the first battles between the Partisan insurgence in the Slovene Littoral, led by Janko Premrl, and the Italian Army, and was the beginning of the struggle for the western border between the two nations.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "President: WW II Resistance Crucial for Slovenia". English Service: News. Slovenian Press Agency. 25 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

45°47′54.76″N 14°3′54.57″E / 45.7985444°N 14.0651583°E / 45.7985444; 14.0651583