Vojaške operacije v času nemške okupacije Ilirske Bistrice in okolice med drugo svetovno vojno. (Slovenian)

Between 1918 and 1946, the area of present-day Ilirska Bistrica fell under the Kingdom of Italy; Italy’s capitulation in September 1943 was followed by the period of the German occupation. Due to its geostrategic position on the rail and road junction between Postojna and Rijeka, Ilirska Bistrica had an important military role and hence a strong garrison. Whereas initially, the latter was only composed of German units, starting with 1944, the area also witnessed the arrival of the members of the Slovenian National Defence Corps and finally also the members of the Serbian Volunteer Corps and the Četnik Dinara Division. The presence of these forces prevented the Partisans from launching a direct attack on Ilirska Bistrica, which therefore only witnessed major battles in the very last month of the war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Med letoma 1918 in 1946 je današnja Ilirska Bistrica spadala pod italijansko kraljestvo; septembra 1943 je Italija kapitulirala, sledilo pa je obdobje nemške okupacije. Zaradi svojega geostrateškega položaja na cestno-železniški povezavi med Postojno in Reko je imela Ilirska Bistrica pomembno vojaško vlogo in posledično močno garnizijo. Sprva so garnizijo sestavljale le nemške enote, toda leta 1944 so sem prišli tudi pripadniki Slovenskega narodnega varnostnega zbora ter nazadnje še pripadniki Srbskega prostovoljskega korpusa in četniške Dinarske divizije. Prisotnost teh sil je onemogočala neposredni partizanski napad na Ilirsko Bistrico, ki je tako večje vojne dogodke občutila šele v zadnjem mesecu vojne. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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