Breznica Našička is a village in

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. It lies on the D2 highway.

History

The village was founded in 1236 AD. In 1367, the Black Plague hit the village, killing approximately thirty people. In 1467, the village came under the control of the

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

, not regaining its independence until May 1626. During

World War Two World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, the Allies used Breznica Našička as a makeshift

airfield An aerodrome ( Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for pub ...

to fly in supplies to assist in Operation Overlord.

References

Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub