battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Loznica

Name: Battle of Loznica
Location: Loznica, Serbia

Battle of Loznica was a battle fought in 1941 at Loznica, in what is now Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Loznica. It was part of the Uprising in Serbia. The recorded result: Chetnik victory; First liberated town by a domestic resistance in occupied Europe.

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Fought1941

WhereLoznica, Serbia44.533N, 19.226E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeChetnik victory; First liberated town by a domestic resistance in occupied Europe

BelligerentsChetniksagainstNazi Germany; Serb Gendarmes

Casualties and losses18 killed; 4 woundedandSeveral killed and wounded; 93 captured

Part ofUprising in Serbia1941

Where it sits in the Uprising in Serbia

3 placed engagements of the Uprising in Serbia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1941 (year precision)
Place	Loznica, Serbia 44.533N, 19.226E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Casualties and losses	18 killed; 4 wounded	Several killed and wounded; 93 captured
Commanders	Veselin Misita

Placed at Loznica; 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, 1.9 km N
Battle of Čokešina 1804, 18 km NE
Siege of İzvornik 1717, 19 km SW
Battle of Drina 1914, 23 km S
Battle of Cer 1914, 24 km E

In the same war

After: Battle of Banja Koviljača 1941
All 3 engagements of Uprising in Serbia

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 Loznica 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 Q1563435, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Loznica (1941), revision 1380913071, 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.