campaign, notable, interwar and Second World War
Operation Trio
Operation Trio was a campaign fought in 1942 at Independent State of Croatia, in what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: See the Aftermath section.
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Where it sits in World War II
Record
| Date | 1942 (year precision) to 1942 | |
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| Place | Independent State of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 43.800N, 19.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | Around 4,000 men | |
| Casualties and losses | 11 killed; 15 wounded; 1 missing; 220 killed; 556 wounded; 173 missing; 82 killed; 149 wounded; 121 missing; Unknown number of Sandžak Chetniks | 74 killed; 102 wounded; 3 missing; 1,646 killed; 719 wounded; 2,626 captured (259 executed); many defected to Chetniks |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Rogatica 1941, 0.3 km SE
- Operation Southeast Croatia 1942, 41 km NE
- Operation Sarajevo 1945, 47 km W
- Siege of Sarajevo 1990, 52 km W
- German Offensive Against Serbian Uprising 1941, 52 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Nanos 18 April 1942
- After: Operation Abercrombie 1942
- All 1155 engagements of World War II
Elsewhere in 1942
- Battle of Midway United States
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- Second Battle of El Alamein Egypt
- Guadalcanal campaign Solomon Islands
- First Battle of El Alamein Egypt
Operation Trio is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 54 in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q560410, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Trio, revision 1370700481, 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.