Operation "Black". A machine gun nest of the III Battalion, 369th Regiment, 369th (Croatian) Infantry Division, near the village of Vrbnica (Foča). The battalion was sent to the village to form a supply base for Battle Group Wörthmüller, and was attached to the newly-formed Battle Group Höhne afterwards. In the extremely difficult and chaotic battles that followed, the Croatian legionnaires (and their German commanders) suffered significant losses, of both physical and mental nature (loss of nerves and morale). Battle Group Höhne was defeated by the Partisan I Proletarian Division, breaking through the enemy ring, which was crucial for the failure of the German action. Pictured, a machine gunner of the "Devil's Division" posing next to his weapon (MG 34, one of the best known machine guns of World War II), shortly before the decisive battles.
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: unknown.
Date: 10 June 1943.
Date: 10 June 1943.
Location: Vrbnica (district of Foča), Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.
File source: Muzej istorije Jugoslavije / Znaci, 15033.
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Operacija "Crno". Mitraljesko gnezdo III bataljona 369. puka 369. (hrvatske) pešadijske divizije, kod sela Vrbnice (Foča). Bataljon je u selo poslat da bi formirao bazu za snabdevanje Borbene grupe Vertmiler, a potom je priključen novoformiranoj Borbenoj grupi Hene. U izuzetno teškim i haotičnim borbama koje su usledile, hrvatski legionari (kao i njihovi nemački komandiri) pretrpeli su značajne gubitke, kako fizičke tako i psihičke prirode (gubitak nerava i morala). Borbenu grupu Hene razbila je partizanska I proleterska divizija, probivši neprijateljski obruč, što je bilo od presudnog značaja za neuspeh nemačke akcije. Na slici, mitraljezac "Vražje divizije" pozira pored svog oružja (MG 34, jedan od najpoznatijih mitraljeza II svetskog rata), neposredno pre odlučujućih borbi.
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: nepoznat.
Datum: 10. jun 1943.
Datum: 10. jun 1943.
Mesto: Vrbnica (srez Fočanski), Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.
Izvor fajla: Muzej istorije Jugoslavije / Znaci, 15033.
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