Operation Alfa was an Italian

Italy

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-Chetnik military operation carried out in the Prozor region. Prozor was located within the Italian third occupation zone in the Independent State of Croatia

Independent State of Croatia

The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II puppet state of Nazi Germany, established on a part of Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. The NDH was founded on 10 April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina was annexed to NDH, together with some parts...

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The operation began on October 5, 1942 and by October 8 the town of Prozor had been retaken from the 10th Herzegovina Brigade of the Yugoslav Partisans. The operation ended on October 10 when the Partisan line broke and the Italians came into contact with Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard

Croatian Home Guard or also, known as the "Homeland Defenders," was the name used for the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II.- Formation :...

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Chetnik troops killed 638 local Croats

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 and Bosnian Muslims during the operation, to which the Italian forces did not intervene. A survivor of the massacre later testified at the Trial of Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović

Trial of Draža Mihailovic

The Trial of Draža Mihailović, or the Belgrade Process, was the trial of Draža Mihailović and a number of other alleged so-called prominent collaborators for high treason and war crimes in 1946. Mihailović was tried as a leader of the Chetnik movement during World War II...

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Axis order of battle

 Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

• Italian VI Corps (4000 soldiers)
  • 94th Infantry Rgt./18 Infantry Division Messina
    18 Infantry Division Messina
    The 18 Infantry Division Messina was a Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II. The Messina Division took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia as part of the Italian XVII Corps and captured both Cetinje and Kotor and much of the Yugoslav Royal Navy...
    
    
  • XXIX Bn./4th Bersaglieri Rgt.

Chetniks

• Trebinje Corps
• Nevesinje Corps
• Romanija Corps

 Independent State of Croatia (at operation conclusion)

• elements of 7th Infantry Rgt.
• elements of 15th Infantry Rgt.