siege, interwar and Second World War
Siege of Rogatica
Siege of Rogatica was a siege conducted on 13 October 1941 at Rogatica, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was part of World War II in Yugoslavia, which ran from 1941 to 1945. The recorded result: Chetnik-Partisan victory; Chetniks and Partisans captured Rogatica.
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Record
| Date | 13 October 1941 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Rogatica, Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.799N, 19.004E | |
| Part of | World War II in Yugoslavia (1941 to 1945) | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Result | Chetnik-Partisan victory; Chetniks and Partisans captured Rogatica | |
| Belligerents | Allies: Chetniks; Yugoslav Partisans | Axis: Independent State of Croatia |
| Commanders | Chetniks: Boško Todorović; Žarko Mitrović; Radivoje Kosorić; Partisans: Slobodan Princip Seljo; Slaviša Vajner Čiča | Garrison in Rogatica: Marko Vrkljan; Relief forces from Sarajevo: Slavko Kvaternik; Vladimir Laxa |
| Casualties and losses | More than 15+ killed; 90 wounded | > 2 /; A number of Muslim and Serb civilians |
Nearest engagements
- Operation Sarajevo 1945, 48 km
- Siege of Sarajevo 1990, 52 km
- Battle of the Sutjeska 1943, 56 km
- Battle of Drina 1914, 63 km
- Siege of İzvornik 1717, 65 km
In the same war
- After: Battle of Livno 23 October 1942
- All 8 engagements of World War II in Yugoslavia
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
Siege of Rogatica is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 27 in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q27998934, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Rogatica (1941), revision 1370938138, 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.