Lika-Primorje operation was a military operation carried out by the Yugoslav Partisan 4th Army against Wehrmacht units and the Croatian Armed Forces. It was conducted in the area of Lika and Western Bosnia from 20 March to 15 April 1945.

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Lika-Primorje operation
Part of World War II in Yugoslavia
Date 20 March – 15 April 1945 Location Lika and Western Bosnia Result Yugoslav Army victory Destruction of German XV Mountain Corps
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans	Germany  Independent State of Croatia
Commanders and leaders
Petar Drapšin Pavle Jakšić Boško Šiljegović	Gustav Fehn
Units involved
4th Army 9th Division 19th Division 26th Division 7th Division	XV Mountain Corps 392nd Division 373rd Division 10th Division 11th Division
Strength
70,000	40,000
Casualties and losses
	First phase: 5,616 killed, 6,949 wounded and 2,905 wounded[1]

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In the first phase, the 4th Army took eastern Lika and Bihać, and in the second it took Gospić, Perušić, Lički Osik and Otočac. After 7 April 1945, units of the 4th Army continued the movement towards Rijeka.