Seven decades of breakthrough at the Syrmian front

SID, - The 70th anniversary of the breaking of the Syrmian Front was marked within the memorial complex in Adasevci near Sid on Saturday.

The wreaths in honour of the fighters were laid at the memorial plate by delegations of the defence ministry and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Serbia, autonomous province of Vojvodina, representatives of the National Liberation War, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin on behalf of the Russian Federation and officials of embassies of Ukraine, Belarus and Bulgaria.

The breaking of the Syrmian Front lasted 175 day, from October 21, 1944 to April 12, 1945 and it signified the end of World War II in the territory of Serbia.

Around 250,000 soldiers participated in the clashes on both sides and troops of the Red Army, Bulgarian National Army and the Italy Brigade fought together with units of the Yugoslav Army.

The difficult bloody struggles claimed lives of around 13,500 Yugoslav soldiers, mostly young men from Serbia and Montenegro, 1,100 members of the Red Army, 630 members of the Bulgarian National Army and 163 Italian soldiers from the lines of Yugoslav units.

Around 30,000 enemy soldiers were killed in combat.

Photo Tanjug,M.Jelisijevic