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Category: 1.01 Original scientific paper Language: Original in Slovene (Abstract in Slovene and English, Summary in English) Key words: Second world war, Lower Styria, Waffen-SS, national-liberation army and partisan detachments of Slovenia, collaboration, third reich Abstract: Article is dealing with the (combat) performance of the 14th Grenadier Division Waffen-SS in Slovenia against partisans in two different time periods, in the last year of the Second World War. As one of the Waffen-SS divisions, formed from non-German(ic) soldiers, was involved in frontline fighting against the Soviet Red Army and against Slovakian and Slovenian partisans. In Slovenia it was primarily used in the area of Lower Styria and it's most known for the operation on Menina Plateau, but the parts of the division were also sent against partisans in Lower Carniola and Upper Carniola regions. Despite its size, rather good weaponry and previous combat experiences, Galician division didn't gain any major victories against the Slovenian national-liberation movement.

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