Case White information

Case White
	Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date	20 January – March 1943
Location	West Bosnia, and then vicinity of the Neretva river, Herzegovina, occupied Yugoslavia
Result	Partisan retreat with heavy losses, Chetnik defeat, Axis operational failure
Belligerents
Germany; Italy; Croatia; Chetniks;	Yugoslav Partisans
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Löhr; Rudolf Lüters; Mario Roatta; Draža Mihailović; Zaharije Ostojić; Dobroslav Jevđević; Pavle Đurišić; Vojislav Lukačević;	Josip Broz Tito; Arso Jovanović; Velimir Terzić; Koča Popović; Peko Dapčević; Pero Ćetković [sh] †; Vicko Krstulović
Strength
90,000 Germans, Italians, NDH troops; 12 air squadrons; 12,000–15,000 Chetniks	Unknown; (about 20,000 men)
Casualties and losses
514–583 killed; 1,214–1,642 wounded; 145–158 missing; 1,605 killed; 983 captured; 126 killed; 258 wounded; 218 missing; 2,000–3,000 killed or wounded; Total:; 7,000–8,600	11,915–12,000 killed, 616 executed; 2,099–2,506 captured; (German claim); 10,000 killed, wounded and missing and 2,000 captured; (Yugoslav claim)
	3,370 civilians killed; 1,722 civilians deported to concentration camps

Case White (German: Fall Weiss), also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Četvrta neprijateljska ofenziva/ofanziva), was a combined Axis strategic offensive launched against the Yugoslav Partisans throughout occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. It was one of the most significant confrontations of World War II in Yugoslavia. The offensive took place in early 1943, between 20 January^[5]^[6] and mid-to-late March.^[7] The Axis operation prompted the Partisan Supreme Command to enact its plans to drive toward eastern Herzegovina, Sandžak and Montenegro.^[8]

In order to do this, Tito formed the so-called Main Operational Group, which eventually succeeded in forcing its way across the Neretva in mid-March 1943, after a series of battles with various hostile formations. Other Partisan formations, the 1st Croatian and 1st Bosnian Corps, managed to evade Axis blows and, despite significant losses, reclaim most of the territory they had held before the beginning of the operation. Since its final stage took place on the Neretva River, the operation was known in Yugoslavia as the Battle of the Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi). This stage is also known as the Battle for the Wounded (Bitka za ranjenike).

^ ^a ^b "Report of the operations department of the Southeast Command 22 March 1943, National Archives Washington, NAW, T311, Roll 175, frame 000563". Znaci.net. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e IV. neprijateljska ofenziva – Unternehmen Weiss II: Bitka na Neretvi Archived 2014-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
^ Hoare 2006, p. 333.
^ Božović 2011, pp. 121–123.
^ Milazzo 1975, p. 116.
^ Roberts 1973, p. 100.
^ Roberts 1973, p. 132.
^ Terzić & Savković 1965, p. 23.

[znaci-1] "Report of the operations department of the Southeast Command 22 March 1943, National Archives Washington, NAW, T311, Roll 175, frame 000563". Znaci.net. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

[povijesniportal-2] IV. neprijateljska ofenziva – Unternehmen Weiss II: Bitka na Neretvi Archived 2014-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

[FOOTNOTEHoare2006333-3] Hoare 2006, p. 333.

[FOOTNOTEBožović2011121–123-4] Božović 2011, pp. 121–123.

[FOOTNOTEMilazzo1975116-5] Milazzo 1975, p. 116.

[FOOTNOTERoberts1973100-6] Roberts 1973, p. 100.

[FOOTNOTERoberts1973132-7] Roberts 1973, p. 132.

[FOOTNOTETerzićSavković196523-8] Terzić & Savković 1965, p. 23.

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