Basic Overview
Scope: Minor
Nature: Land, Anti-partisan/resistance
Status: Implemented
Theater
- Yugoslavia
Nations Involved
- Germany
- Yugoslavia
Leadership
- Beyer, Franz
Formation
- German 44th Reichsgrenadierdivision
- Yugoslav 26th 'Triglav' Division
Operation Details
'Traufe' was a German operation against the 26th 'Triglav' Division of Josip Broz Tito’s partisan forces in German-occupied Yugoslavia (13 November 1943).
,The primary German forces committed to this offensive were the 132nd Grenadierregiment, 134th Grenadierregiment and 44th Aufklärungsabteilung of Generalleutnant Dr Franz Beyer’s 44th Reichsgrenadierdivision 'Hoch- und Deutschmeister', the Kampfgruppe 'Gervers' (parts of the 901st Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment, 2/138th Gebirsgsjäger Reserve-Regiment, replacement battalion of Generalmajor Prof. Dr Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer’s 162nd Division [turkomanische], Gebirgsjägerbataillon 'Heine' and SS Kras Jägerbataillon), the 144th SS Polizeiregiment and the 19th SS Polizeiregiment.
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