Battle of Ovaro
| Battle of Ovaro | |||||||||
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| Part of Italian campaign (World War II), War crimes in World War II and World War II | |||||||||
A photo of Ovaro in the 1920s, as to show the city center at the time in the 40s | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Pyotr Krasnov Timofey Domanov Sultan Klych-Girey Andrei Shkuro Major Nasikov Akaki Uruschadse Helmuth von Pannwitz |
Elio Martinis Alessandro Foi Gian Carlo Chiussi Fridonio Zulukidze (Ambiguous) Giorgio Lolua Princess Miriam Akaki Uruschadse † | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| 30,000 | 670 in the Stalin regiment | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Numerous Cossack soldiers 42 dead civilians and 26 injured civilians |
152 dead civilians in Ovaro, Avasinis and Gemona del Friuli 2–12 Georgian partisans At least 3 Italian partisans | ||||||||
The Battle of Ovaro was a battle between the Nazi-backed Cossacks who had settled in Northern Friuli (who had created the semi-independent entity of Kosakenland), and the Italian partisans on 1 May 1945, in Ovaro, with its culmination being on 2 May 1945. The battle brought to the end of "Kosakenland in Nord Italien" and the start of the Cossack retreat towards Lienz.