The 1942 Montenegro offensive was an

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-led counter-insurgency operation of World War II, which targeted the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод� ...

in the

Italian governorate of Montenegro The Italian governorate of Montenegro ( it, Governatorato del Montenegro) existed from October 1941 to September 1943 as an occupied territory under military government of Fascist Italy during World War II. Although the Italians had intended to ...

and the eastern Herzegovina region of the

Independent State of Croatia The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in p ...

(NDH). It was carried out from mid-May to June 1942, with Chetnik forces taking part on the Italian side. The offensive followed the conclusion of the joint

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-Italian

Operation Trio Operation Trio ( sh-Latn, Operacija Trio) was the first large-scale joint German-Italian counter-insurgency operation of World War II conducted in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which included modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was ...

in eastern Bosnia. Together these two operations comprise what was known as the

Third Enemy Offensive The Third Enemy Offensive forms part of the Seven Enemy Offensives framework in Yugoslav historiography. It consisted of two major counter-insurgency operations conducted in occupied Yugoslavia during 1942. These were: *Operation Trio Operat ...

( sh-Latn, links=no, Treća neprijateljska ofenziva) in Yugoslav historiography. The offensive resulted in the expulsion of almost all Partisans from Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina.

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* * * * {{Wars and battles involving Serbs Seven Enemy Offensives Battles and operations of World War II Yugoslavia in World War II Anti-partisan operations of World War II Battles involving the Yugoslav Partisans Trio 1942 in Yugoslavia Conflicts in 1942 Battles of World War II involving Chetniks 1942 in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1942 in Montenegro May 1942 events June 1942 events

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