battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Banja Koviljača

Name: Battle of Banja Koviljača
Location: Banja Koviljača, Serbia

Battle of Banja Koviljača was a battle fought in 1941 at Banja Koviljača, in what is now Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Banja Koviljača. It was part of the Uprising in Serbia. The recorded result: Chetnik-Partisan victory. Recorded strength: 3,000 Chetniks against 300 Germans; 300 Ustaše.

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Fought1941

WhereBanja Koviljača, Serbia44.508N, 19.155E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeChetnik-Partisan victory

BelligerentsChetniks; PartisansagainstGermany; Independent State of Croatia

Casualties and losses4 killed; 4 woundedandUnknown

Part ofUprising in Serbia1941

Where it sits in the Uprising in Serbia

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Record

Date	1941 (year precision) to 1941
Place	Banja Koviljača, Serbia 44.508N, 19.155E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	3,000 Chetniks	300 Germans; 300 Ustaše
Casualties and losses	4 killed; 4 wounded	Unknown
Commanders	Dragoslav Račić	Johann Fortner

Placed at Banja Koviljača; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Loznica 1810, 7.2 km NE
Siege of İzvornik 1717, 14 km S
Battle of Drina 1914, 23 km SE
Battle of Čokešina 1804, 24 km NE
Battle of Cer 1914, 30 km E

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1941

Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
Battle of Crete Greece
Battle of Kiev Ukraine

Battle of Banja Koviljača is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 100 in present-day Serbia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12748958, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Banja Koviljača, revision 1370608322, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.