battle, interwar and Second World War
attack on Kruševac
attack on Kruševac was a battle fought in 1941 at Kruševac, in what is now Serbia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kruševac. The recorded result: Axis victory. Recorded strength: 550 in town's garrison; unknown number of release forces; 500 Pećanac Chetniks against 2,000–3,000 rebels.
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Record
| Date | 1941 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Kruševac, Serbia 43.583N, 21.327E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 550 in town's garrison; unknown number of release forces; 500 Pećanac Chetniks | 2,000–3,000 rebels |
| Casualties and losses | 28 dead; 16 to 20 wounded | 17 dead and 74 wounded rebels; 60–80 civilians |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Šumatovac 1876, 30 km E
- Battle of Pločnik 1385, 42 km S
- Battle of Ivankovac 1805, 44 km N
- Domitian's Dacian War AD 86, 45 km N
- Siege of Kraljevo 1941, 54 km W
Elsewhere in 1941
- Operation Barbarossa Lithuania
- Attack on Pearl Harbor United States
- Siege of Leningrad Soviet Union
- Battle of Moscow Soviet Union
- Battle of Crete Greece
attack on Kruševac is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Serbia.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12748962, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Attack on Kruševac, revision 1372685590, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.