The Cossacks Are Coming

The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division fighting under German colors, had been in Yugoslavia for nearly a year doing “search and destroy” missions against Tito’s Partisans. One column of the division was returning to base when it received word that 500 Croatian troops in the town of Palesnik were …

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The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division fighting under German colors, had been in Yugoslavia for nearly a year doing “search and destroy” missions against Tito’s Partisans. One column of the division was returning to base when it received word that 500 Croatian troops in the town of Palesnik were cut off by Partisans and urgently needed help. The Cossacks made a detour to deal with the new problem.

Palesnik, Croatia

The Croatian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Movement in Croatia, were part of the anti-fascist National Liberational Movement in the Axis-occupied Yugoslavia which was the most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement led by Yugoslav revolutionary communists during the Second World War. NOP was under the leadership of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ) and supported by many others, with Croatian Peasant Party members contributing to it significantly. NOP units were able to temporarily or permanently liberate large parts of Croatia from occupying forces. Based on the NOP, the Federal Republic of Croatia, which was referred to by Winston Churchill as "the Croatian miracle" was founded as a constituent of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia.

Croatian / German

Partisan

Scenario Type = Standard