Finally , during and after the final stages of the war , Yugoslav authorities and Partisan troops carried out reprisals , including the deportation of the Danube Swabian population , forced Causation marches and executions of thousands of captured soldiers and civilians ( predominantly Croats associated Collaboration with the NDH , but also Slovenes and others ) fleeing Escaping their advance ( the Bleiburg repatriations ) , atrocities against the Italian population in Istria ( the Foibe massacres ) and purges against Serbs , Hungarians and Germans associated Collaboration with the fascist forces .

German Army Group E was withdrawing Escaping through it from Greece towards Bosnia , since the escape Escaping route through Niš and Belgrade had been closed Process_end by the Yugoslav Partisan , Bulgarian and Soviet forces ( during the Belgrade Offensive ) .

The SS Skanderbeg was extensively utilised Using by the Germans , advancing Cause_to_make_progress into the mountains and engaging Action Partisan troops on a daily basis , to cover Preventing_or_letting the flanks of the Wehrmacht .

As the offensive Attack against the Germans drove Bringing into full swing Self_motion the SS `` Skanderbeg '' was issued with orders Request to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale repression of the Partisan forces Hostile_encounter and any sympathisers .

In keeping Preventing_or_letting with these orders Request , 131 NLM ( Albanian Partisan ) prisoners were shot Use_firearm or hanged Rewards_and_punishments in Kosovo by members of the division by 23 October .

Rebels shared power on the liberated territory ; the center of the Partisan liberated territory was in Užice , and Chetniks had their headquarters on Ravna Gora .

The Germans soon gathered Come_together a large force and quelled Preventing_or_letting the uprising using mass terror , but the remaining Partisan forces crossed into Bosnia , where they formed the 1st Proletarian Brigade .

The Partisan main force was able to evade Escaping the Germans , infiltrate through the Italian cordon to the south and establish Creating itself around Foča .

After Operation Trio , the Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito , his Supreme Headquarters and the Partisan main force , consisting of the 1st and 2nd Proletarian Brigades , withdrew Escaping from their base of operations around Foča .

After Operation Trio , the Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito , his Supreme Headquarters and the Partisan main force , consisting of the 1st and 2nd Proletarian Brigades , withdrew Escaping from their base of operations around Foča .

Violent coups occurred Presence against the communist leadership of all but one of the Partisan detachments in eastern Bosnia , and these detachments effectively defected Escaping to the Chetniks .

Most of the surviving communist fighters from these detachments rejoined Becoming_a_member the Partisan forces Military_operation , and many withdrew with Tito to western Bosnia during the Partisan Long March .

Most of the surviving communist fighters from these detachments rejoined Becoming_a_member the Partisan forces Military_operation , and many withdrew with Tito to western Bosnia during the Partisan Long March .

Within a few weeks of the end of Operation Trio only 600 Partisan fighters were left Departing in eastern Bosnia , comprising the Group of Shock Battalions and the Birač Partisan Detachment .

Within a few weeks of the end of Operation Trio only 600 Partisan fighters were left Departing in eastern Bosnia , comprising the Group of Shock Battalions and the Birač Partisan Detachment .

It was an important battle Hostile_encounter of the Yugoslav Partisan resistance movement in World War II .

The Partisan group had about 3,000 soldiers , but recruited Becoming_a_member reserves from the 60,000 civilians in the free territory .

About 900 Partisan soldiers survived and founded Creating the Fifth Krajina Brigade .

The Axis operation prompted Causation the Partisan Supreme Command to enact Action its plans to drive Motion toward eastern Herzegovina , Sandžak and Montenegro .

Other Partisan formations , the 1st Croatian and 1st Bosnian Corps , managed Causation to evade Escaping Axis blows and , despite significant losses Earnings_and_losses , reclaim most of the territory they had held Defending before the beginning Process_start of the operation .

The operation was launched Process_start on 25 May 1944 , and was aimed Aiming at capturing Conquering or killing Killing the Partisan leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito and destroying Destroying the headquarters , support Supporting facilities and co-located Allied military missions .

The operation failed due to a number of factors , including fierce Partisan resistance in the town itself and along the approaches to Drvar .