Race for Trieste 1945
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 30 April 1945 – 2 May 1945 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1945 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | World War II era (1939–1945) | derived from year |
| Location | Italy | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Europe | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, World War II in Yugoslavia | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Chetniks, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Dominion of New Zealand, Italian Social Republic, Italian resistance movement, Nazi Germany | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 45.6503, 13.7703 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Race for Trieste (Italian: Corsa per Trieste), also known as the Trieste Operation (Slovene: Tržaška operacija), was a battle during the Second World War that took place during early May 1945. It led to a joint allied victory for the Yugoslav Partisans and 2nd New Zealand Division and a joint occupation of Trieste, but relations soon deteriorated and led to a nine-year dispute over the territory of Trieste. This battle is also considered the last battle in which a considerable force of Chetniks fought, as 13,000 of the irregular troops under Momčilo Đujić surrendered to the New Zealand forces under Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Freyberg as the battle progressed.
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