Battle of Nanos

1942 CE.

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The Battle of Nanos (Slovene: bitka na Nanosu) was a battle in World War II that took place on Nanos Plateau on 18 April 1942, when 800 Italian soldiers laid siege to 54 Slovene Partisans. Ten Partisans were killed and eleven captured, while the rest escaped the encirclement. This was one of the first battles between the Partisan insurgence in the Slovene Littoral, led by Janko Premrl, and the Italian Army.

Text from the Wikipedia article Battle of Nanos, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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