Batina ( hu, Kiskőszeg) is a port village on the right bank of the

Danube The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...

in Baranja,

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. Its elevation is 105 m. Administratively, it is located in the

Draž Draž ( hu, Darázs, german: Darasch) is a village and municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. There are 2,767 inhabitants in the municipality. Geography The municipality of Draž is situated between border with Hungary in the north, bord ...

municipality within the Osijek-Baranja County.

Geography

Batina is located on the D212 state road connecting the village to the city of

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

. In 1974 the road bridge over the Danube was built. It is a state border crossing.

History

The village is known as the site of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

Battle of Batina The Battle of Batina or Batina Operation () was a battle fought on the Syrmian Front of the Second World War between the units of the Red Army and the Yugoslav Partisans against the Wehrmacht and their allies. The battle took place from 11 to ...

which took place from 11 to 29 November 1944. It was a battle between the units of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

and the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...

against the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...

and their allies. Today, a memorial site commemorates the battle which was one of the bloodiest World War II battles on Yugoslav soil.Batinska bitka: Iz stroja izbačeno čak 23 000 vojnika

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Populated places in Osijek-Baranja County Baranya (region) Croatia–Serbia border {{OsijekBaranja-geo-stub

Geography

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