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| combatant2 = Axis: | commander1 = | commander2 = | units1 = 8th Dalmatian Corps 1st and 2nd Air Force Escadrille Balkan Air Force Yugoslav Navy | units2 = XV Mountain Corps Dinara Division 6th and 7th Ustasha Brigade, 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Croatian Home Defense Brigade | strength1 = 35,000 troops, 80 artillery guns, 25 tanks and 11 armored vehicles | strength2 = 20,000 troops, 75 field guns and 30 AA guns | casualties1 = | casualties2 = |map_type=NDH |latitude=44.040 |longitude=16.196 |map_size=250 |map_caption=Location of Knin within the Independent State of Croatia | campaignbox = }} Knin Operation (''Kninska operacija'') was a major Yugoslav Partisan operation during World War II in Yugoslavia launched by the 8th Dalmatian Corps from 7 November to 9 December 1944 with the purpose of destroying German, Ustaše and Chetnik formations in North Dalmatia and the city of Knin, then part of the Independent State of Croatia. It was the final part of the 8th Crops offensive for the liberation of Dalmatia which began on 12 September 1944. The Knin operation had three phases: Initial battles on approaches to Knin from 7 November to 25 November, main battle and liberation of Knin from 26 November to 4 December, and final battles and pursuit of retreating Axis forces to Otrić in Lika from 5 December to 9 December.〔(Nikola Anić: Povijest Osmog dalmatinskog korpusa Narodnooslobodilačke vojske Hrvatske : 1943.-1945., page 161-162 )〕〔(Knin operation )〕 ==Background== Following the liberation of Šibenik and Drniš, the forces of the 26th Division pursued the Germans towards Knin, but met fierce resistance south of the city. Soon the Command of the 8th Corps started grouping its forces for the attack on Knin. Since the Axis lost most of Dalmatia in the previous months, the Command expected that the German forces will leave Knin shortly after the attack. However, subsequent events showed that their estimates were not realistic. The XV Mountain Corps headquarters was ordered to hold Knin at all costs to stop the advance of 8th Corps towards Lika and Bosnia. The Germans also wanted to secure the right flank of their units fighting on the Syrmian Front and protect the retreating columns from Greece and Albania through Sarajevo and Banja Luka.〔Mirko Novović, Stevan Petković, Prva dalmatinska proleterska NOU brigada, p. 361-362〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Knin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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