Tito Escort Battalion

Tito Escort Battalion
Active	1941–1945
Allegiance	Yugoslav Partisans
Type	infantry
Role	personal protection of Josip Broz Tito
Size	battalion
Engagements	Case Black Operation Rösselsprung

The Tito Escort Battalion was the personal protection unit of the Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito, responsible for his personal safety during World War II. It accompanied Tito throughout Yugoslavia during the war, suffering significant casualties and fighting pitched battles at times. Its most notable engagements were during the Axis Case Black offensive in south–eastern Bosnia in mid–1943, and in holding off the airborne assault of the German 500th SS Parachute Battalion during Operation Rösselsprung in mid–1944.

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References

Books

Greentree, David (2012). Knight's Move-The Hunt for Marshal Tito 1944. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-78096-461-7.

Journals

Bennett, Ralph (April 1987). "Knight's Move at Drvar: Ultra and the Attempt on Tito's Life, 25 May 1944". Journal of Contemporary History. Sage Publications, Ltd. 22 (2): 195–208. doi:10.1177/002200948702200201.
Eyre, Wayne Lt.Col. (Canadian Army) (2006). "Operation RÖSSELSPRUNG and The Elimination of Tito, May 25, 1944: A Failure in Planning and Intelligence Support". The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group. 19 (2): 343–376. doi:10.1080/13518040600697969.
McConville, Michael (1997). "Knight's move in Bosnia and the British rescue of Tito: 1944". The Royal United Services Institute Journal. The Royal United Services Institute. 142 (6): 61–69. doi:10.1080/03071849708446212.
Melson, Charles D. (2000). "Red Sun: A German airborne Raid, May 1944". The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group. 13 (4): 101–126. doi:10.1080/13518040008430462.

World War II in Yugoslavia

1941	Invasion of Yugoslavia Uprising in Bosnia and Herzegovina May 1941 Sanski Most revolt June uprising in eastern Herzegovina Siege of Rogatica Uprising in Serbia Battle of Loznica Battle of Banja Koviljača Operation Uzice (First Enemy Offensive) Operation Mihailovic Novi Pazar Sjenica Uprising in Montenegro Battle of Pljevlja

1942	Operations Southeast Croatia and Ozren (Second Enemy Offensive) Operation Trio (Third Enemy Offensive) Kozara Offensive Operation Alfa

1943	Case White (Fourth Enemy Offensive) Case Black (Fifth Enemy Offensive)

1944	Operations Kugelblitz and Schneesturm (Sixth Enemy Offensive) Operation Rösselsprung (Seventh Enemy Offensive) Belgrade Offensive Kosovo Operation

1945	Syrmian Front Battle of Lijevče Field Bar massacre Battle of Poljana

Macedonia	World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia

Slovenia	Slovene Lands in World War II

Strategic bombing	Belgrade Podgorica Zadar Zagreb

see also Factions in the Yugoslav Front People of the Yugoslav Front Sandžak Muslim militia

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