717TH DIVISION, BATTALIONS' I, II AND III OF 737 AND 749 REGIMENT LOSSES IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1941 ENCLOSURE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY Cover Image

717. ДИВИЗИЈА, ГУБИЦИ I, II И III БАТАЉОНА 737. И 749. ПУКА У СЕПТЕМБРУ, ОКТОБРУ И НОВЕМБРУ 1941. (ПРИЛОГ ЗА ВОЈНУ ИСТОРИЈУ И АНТРОПОЛОГИЈУ)
717TH DIVISION, BATTALIONS' I, II AND III OF 737 AND 749 REGIMENT LOSSES IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1941 ENCLOSURE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Author(s): Viktor Bejatović
Subject(s): History, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: war crime; retaliation; anthropology; military areas; 717 Infantry Division; military losses; people

Summary/Abstract: Presenting the facts concerning those military force units which played the key role in events that took place in territories where reprisals against Serb civilians were committed during the fall of 1941, provides the clearer insight into structure of the battalions that participated in them. Data refer to 717th Infantry Division, battalions I-III/749. and I-III/797, i.e. their troops which participated in battles fought during September, October and November of the same year. Human losses as well as the basic positions and movements of German battalions in those months, war period especially difficult for the population of the wider Central and Western Serbia – Krupanj, Loznica, Draginac, Sabac, Kraljevo, Kragujevac and nearby villages where massive war crimes were committed by different profiles and purposes military units, are to be shown here. Brutality is reinforced by General Franz Beme's directives with the 100:1 quota implemented, unlike General Maximilian Reichsfriaier von Weiss' command of April 1941, which was operationally impracticable in terms of arresting hostages before the incident. These battalions' fallen soldiers are used for carrying out retaliation according to set quotas. This work is one part of the sequel in investigating details about perpetrators of the crime - German battalions participating battles around Kragujevac and Kraljevo and other territories and areas where they were stationed or moved to, during the fall of 1941.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-111
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Serbian