Battle of Dražgoše

46°15′7.61″N 14°10′38.02″E / 46.2521139°N 14.1772278°E / 46.2521139; 14.1772278

Battle of Dražgoše
dražgoška bitka
Part of World War II in the Slovene Lands

The village of Dražgoše below the Jelovica Plateau
DateJanuary 9–11, 1942
Location
Dražgoše, Nazi Germany (present-day Slovenia)
46°15′7.61″N 14°10′38″E / 46.2521139°N 14.17722°E / 46.2521139; 14.17722
Result Partisans retreated on the third day, Germans razed Dražgoše and imprisoned or killed its inhabitants in revenge
Belligerents
Slovene Partisans  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Jože Gregorčič Willi Hertlein
Strength
200 fighters 4,000 policemen and soldiers
Casualties and losses
9 killed in action
11 wounded		 27 killed in action
42 wounded
41 hostages shot
81 villagers interned
Location in annexed and occupied Yugoslavia

The Battle of Dražgoše (Slovene: dražgoška bitka) was a Second World War battle between the Slovene Partisans and Nazi Germany armed forces, which took place between January 9 and January 11, 1942, in the village of Dražgoše in German-annexed Slovenia. This battle was the first direct confrontation between the two. It ended with brutal reprisals of German forces against the villagers and the destruction of the village.

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