The Third Enemy Offensive forms part of the
Seven Enemy Offensives
The Seven Enemy Offensives ( sh-Latn, Sedam neprijateljskih ofanziva) is a group name used in Yugoslav historiography to refer to seven major Axis military operations undertaken during World War II in Yugoslavia against the Yugoslav Partisans.
The ...
framework in
Yugoslav
Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to:
* Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name:
** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
historiography. It consisted of two major
counter-insurgency
Counterinsurgency (COIN) is "the totality of actions aimed at defeating irregular forces". The Oxford English Dictionary defines counterinsurgency as any "military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionar ...
operations conducted in occupied Yugoslavia during 1942. These were:
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Operation Trio
Operation Trio ( sh-Latn, Operacija Trio) was the first large-scale joint German-Italian counter-insurgency operation of World War II conducted in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which included modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was c ...
, a joint German-Italian counter-insurgency operation in eastern Bosnia from 20 April to 13 May 1942
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1942 Montenegro offensive, an Italian-led counter-insurgency operation in the Italian governorate of Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina from mid-May to June 1942
Anti-partisan operations of World War II
Battles and operations of World War II
Eastern European theatre of World War II
Military operations of World War II involving Germany
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Yugoslavia in World War II
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