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A memorial plaque with the names of those killed on February 7, 1942 in Drakulić, Šargovec, Mortike and the Rakovac mine. The Banja Luka massacre was the mass killing of 2,300 Serb civilians by the Croatian fascist Ustaše movement on 7 February 1942, during World War II in the villages of Drakulić, Šargovac and Motike near Banja Luka, which were then part of the Independent State of ...
During World War II, Banja Luka was occupied by Axis troops and was included into the Independent State of Croatia, a Nazi puppet-state led by Pavelić's Ustaše. Most of Banja Luka's Serbs and Jews were deported to concentration camps such as Jasenovac and Stara Gradiška.
Partisan Memorial, Banja Luka: Banja Luka: Valley of heroes: Tjentište: Necropolis for the victims of Fascism: Novi Travnik: Designed by Bogdan Bogdanović, opened in 1975. Monument to the Revolution: Grmeč: Located in the Korčanica Memorial Zone of the Grmeč. Monument to the fallen Frontiersmen: Banja Luka: Dedicated to fallen frontier ...
The Battle of Lijevče Field (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Lijevča polju, Битка на Лијевча пољу) was fought between 30 March and 8 April 1945 between the Croatian Armed Forces (HOS, the amalgamated Ustashe Militia and Croatian Home Guard forces) and Chetnik forces on the Lijevče field near Banja Luka in what was then the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
Vahida Maglajlić (17 April 1907 – 1 April 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan recognized as a People's Hero of Yugoslavia for her part in the struggle against the Axis powers during World War II. She was the only Bosnian Muslim woman to receive the order. Born to a Banja Luka qadi, Maglajlić was denied a higher education by her father. She took ...
The headquarters of XV Mountain Corps was in Banja Luka, along with the divisional replacement battalion, divisional support troops, some police and a few tanks. Elements of the 4th Jäger Brigade of the Croatian Home Guard were also in the city. On 31 December, Hühnewaldt deployed I/383 to Banja Luka to further bolster the defences. [29]
Operation Maibaum was one of the largest counter-insurgency operations of World War II and included 7th SS Division and NDH forces. The 13th SS Division was under the command of V SS Corps, and the primary tasks of the division were to capture Tuzla and Zvornik, then drive south parallel with the Drina to meet other Corps elements.
During the war interiors were ruined, and a large amount of precious furniture and equipment robbed--chandeliers, carpets, art, furniture, kitchenware. After the liberation of Banja Luka, the building was used as headquarters for the 37th Division of NOV, it was partially equipped for the purposes of an army club. After 1945 further adaptations ...