Operation Alfa ( ; ) was an offensive Military_operation carried out Military_operation in early October 1942 by Italian , Croatian and Chetnik forces against the communist-led Partisans in the Prozor region ( today in Bosnia and Herzegovina ) , then a part of the Croatian puppet state , the Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) .

The insurgents in the area of operations included Cause_to_be_included some groups of the communist-led Partisans and some of Serb–chauvinist Chetniks .

As a result , differentiating between the rank and file of the two groups was difficult , as even the communist-led insurgent groups consisted Cause_to_be_included mainly of Serb peasants who had little understanding of the political aims of their leaders .

These included Cause_to_be_included the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and Serb nationalist Chetniks .

Differentiating between the rank and file of the two insurgent factions was difficult , as even the communist-led insurgent groups consisted mainly of Serb peasants who had little understanding of the political aims of their leaders .

Operation Trio coincided with and contributed Giving to the polarisation of the almost exclusively Serb rebels in eastern Bosnia into two groups : the Serb-chauvinist Chetniks and the multi-ethnic and communist-led Partisans .

The conflict emerged Coming_to_be from the First Indochina War against the communist-led Viet Minh .