What the records say
- When
- 19 Apr 1945 – 25 May 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 45.00° N, 18.26° E
- Description
- 1945 final battle of World War II in Europe
- War
- World War II
Battle of Odžak
Last European World War II battle
The Battle of Odžak was the last battle of World War II in Europe. The battle began on 19 April 1945 and lasted until 25 May 1945, 17 days after the end of the war in Europe. The combatants were the Axis-aligned Croatian Armed Forces, commanded by Petar Rajkovačić, and the Yugoslav Partisans, commanded by Miloš Zekić. The battle took place in the Bosnian town of Odžak, in the former country of Yugoslavia.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “las últimas tropas del Estado Independiente de Croacia se rinden en Odžak”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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