Capture of Banja Koviljača

Capture of Banja Koviljača
	Part of the Uprising in Serbia during World War II in Yugoslavia
Date	1–6 September 1941
Location	Banja Koviljača, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (now in Serbia)
Result	Chetnik-Partisan victory
Belligerents
Chetniks; Partisans	Germany; Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Chetniks; Nikola Radovanović ; Bogdan Drljača ; Georgije Bojić; Lazar Savić; Dragoslav Račić; Obren Popović †; Partisans; Aleksandar Stanković; Mika Mitrović	Mate Rupčić ; Grum
Units involved
Chetniks; Jadar Detachment; Cer Detachment; Partisans; 4th company; Pocerski Battalion; Podrinski Division	9th company; 12th company of 3rd Battalion; 718th Infantry Division; 3rd regiment; 4th regiment of the Croatian Home Guard battalion from Zvornik and Tuzla
Strength
3,000 Chetniks	300 Germans; 300 Ustaše
Casualties and losses
4 killed; 4 wounded	Unknown

The Capture of Banja Koviljača (1–6 September 1941) was a long battle fought by cooperating forces of Chetniks and Yugoslav Partisans against German forces. On 1 September 1941, the insurgents attacked German soldiers who were garrisoned in an outpost at Banja Koviljača in the German-occupied territory of Serbia. The battle reflected skillful command by leaders of the uprising.