Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakazosvika December 1942, Mutungamiriri Mukuru Wehondo weGermany akasarudza kutumira uto rake kuBalkan kuti rinorwisa varwi vaTito vechiCommunist. Basa rayo rokutanga guru rokurwa rakaitika panguva yeOperation Weiss kuchamhembe kweBosnia, yakazobatanidzwa mu
Operation Schwartz kubva musi wa 15 Chivabvu kusvika musi wa 16 Chikumi 1943, mabasa maviri makuru ekurwisa mapoka evapanduki akaitwa neWehrmacht munguva yehondo. Mushure mekuzvipira kweItari, iro divi rakashanda pamwe chete nerimwe Croatian Legion, iyo 373rd (Croatian) Infantry Division pamwe neWaffen-SS Chikamu <unk>Prinz Eugen<unk>, chikamu chinoumbwa kunyanya neVolksdeutsche kubva kuNDH neBanat, uye mamwe maGerman neCroatian zvikamu.