Battle of Batina

Battle of Batina
Part of the Yugoslav and Syrmian fronts of World War II
Monument to the Battle of Batina in Batina by Antun Augustinčić
Date 11–29 November 1944 Location Batina, Hungarian-occupied Yugoslavia Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union Yugoslav Partisans	Germany Hungary
Commanders and leaders
Mikhail Sharokhin	Hellmuth Felmy
Strength
57th Army 51st Partisan division	68th Army Corps Brandenburgers 31st SS Division 44th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
1,237 soldiers killed[1] 648 partisans killed	2,000 dead and wounded

The Battle of Batina or Batina Operation (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka kod Batine) was 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 29 November 1944 near the village of Batina in Baranja, on the right bank of the Danube River. According to some estimates, the Battle of Batina was the biggest battle by the number of participants, the intensity of fighting, and the strategic importance that occurred during the World War II in Yugoslavia.^[2]