Kozara ( sr-cyrl, Козара) is a mountain in western
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
, in the town of
Kozarac
Kozarac ( sr-cyrl, Козарац, ) is a town in north-western Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, located near the city of Prijedor. It is located west of Banja Luka. Kozarac is also famous because of the Kozara National Park.
Kozarac ...
and in the
Bosanska Krajina
Bosanska Krajina ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крајина, ) is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is enclosed by a number of rivers, namely the Sava (north), Glina (northwest), Vrbanja and Vrba ...
region, bounded by the
Sava River
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to the north, the
Vrbas to the east, the
Sana
Sana may refer to:
Places
* Sanaa, the capital of Yemen
* Sana (river), a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Sana, Bhutan, a town in Bhutan
* Sana, Haute-Garonne, a commune in France
* Sana, Iran, a village in Iran
* Sana, Mali, a commune in M ...
to the south, and the
Una
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Places
* 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character
* Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers
* Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India
** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constit ...
to the west. Its tallest peak is Lisina (978 m). In 1942 Kozara was the site of the
Kozara Offensive
The Kozara Offensive (also known as Operation West-Bosnien) was fought in 1942 on and around the mountain of Kozara in northwestern Bosnia. It was an important battle of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II. It later becam ...
, part of the
Yugoslav National Liberation War
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and
Partisan resistance during
World War II
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.
Peaks
See also
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Kozara National Park
Kozara National Park ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Национални парк Козара, Nacionalni park Kozara) is a national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina that was proclaimed a protected national forest in 1967 by Josip Broz Tito. It is situated betwe ...
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List of mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina
List of mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
References
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Mountains in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mountains
A mountain is an elevated portion of the ...
References
Mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mountains of Republika Srpska
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