Operation Ataman

Operation Ataman
Part of Italian campaign (World War II) and World War II

XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps in Carnia
Location
Carnia, Italy
Result Cossack-German victory
Territorial
changes		 The temporary creation of Kosakenland in Northern Italy
Belligerents
  • Republic of Carnia
    • Commanders and leaders
    Pyotr Krasnov
    Sultan Klych-Girey
    Units involved
    11,000

    The term Operation Ataman refers to the military occupation of the northeastern area of Friuli, also known as Carnia, by the Cossack divisions within the Wehrmacht, to secure the Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral.

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