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 .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Hard was the first large-scale battle Hostile_encounter in the Swabian War Military_operation , waged Hold between the Imperials under the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and the Swiss Confederates .

The battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter on 20 February 1499 , a cold and foggy day , between 10,000 Imperial troops , mostly from the Swabian Circles , and a smaller number of Swiss troops , often called Name_conferral Reisläufer .

Colliding Connect with the Imperial infantry columns , the Swiss rapidly threw Hold the Swabian forces Causation into disorder Action , then rout Earnings_and_losses .

The Swabian soldiers were aware of this custom , and a panic ensued Process_start .