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  2. Rakovica, Belgrade - Wikipedia

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    During the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia, Rakovica was the only municipality in Belgrade to be targeted almost every night, and eventually every day. [6] The most heavy attacks were suffered by the Straževica hill (under which was the Yugoslavian underground base), as well as the Monastery forest, most probably because anti-aircraft weapons were located there. [7]

  3. Case White - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Rakovica Monastery - Wikipedia

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    The Rakovica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Раковица, romanized: Manastir Rakovica) is the monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, within the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci, located in the municipality of Rakovica in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is dedicated to the archangels Michael and Gabriel. [1]

  5. List of mass executions and massacres in Yugoslavia during ...

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    After the invasion of Yugoslavia, puppet-state Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was created by Axis powers in the areas of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1] The Ustaše sought to create an ethnically clean state by eradicating Serbs, Jews and Romani through genocidal policies. [2]

  6. World War II in Yugoslavia - Wikipedia

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    World War II in Yugoslavia; Part of the European theatre of World War II: Clockwise from top left: Ante Pavelić visits Adolf Hitler at the Berghof; Stjepan Filipović hanged by the occupation forces; Draža Mihailović confers with his troops; a group of Chetniks with German soldiers in a village in Serbia; Josip Broz Tito with members of the British mission

  7. Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II - Wikipedia

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    The Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II involved air attacks on cities and towns in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF), including the Balkan Air Force (BAF), between 1941 and 1945, during which period the entire country was occupied by the Axis powers. Dozens of Yugoslav ...

  8. Bombing of Belgrade (1944) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] The heaviest casualties were recorded during the April bombing on 16 April and 17 April 1944, which coincided with the first and second days of Orthodox Easter that year. The main unit in this action was the American Fifteenth Air Force , with a base in Foggia in the south of Italy. 600 bombers took part, dropping carpet bombs from ...

  9. Sadilovac - Wikipedia

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    0.083/km 2 (0.21/sq mi) Time zone: UTC+1 ... (+385) 47: Sadilovac is an uninhabited settlement in the Kordun region of Croatia, in the municipality of Rakovica ...