The Club ML Vitebsk Will Play Against in the Conference League is Named After a Great World War II Battle
Yesterday, «ML Vitebsk» was eliminated from the Champions League qualification in the first round, losing to Romanian «Universitatea» in two matches (1:4, 0:1). The Belarusian champion will continue to play in European competitions, heading to the second qualifying round of the Conference League.
Their opponent will be the six-time Montenegrin champion «Sutjeska», which also won the country's championship this year.
The second-round matches will take place on July 23 and 30.
«Sutjeska» is based in the city of Nikšić and is named in memory of the Yugoslav communist partisans who died in the Battle of Sutjeska River during World War II. The river is located in the territory of modern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Battle of Sutjeska took place for a month, from May 15 to June 15, 1943, and became the culmination of the People's Liberation War in Yugoslavia, as well as the largest and bloodiest partisan battle of World War II in Europe.
From the Yugoslav side, four divisions participated in the battle, totaling about 22,000 people, including approximately 4,000 sick and wounded. These were Serbs, Montenegrins, and Croatian partisans.
From the German side, German, Italian, Croatian Ustaše-Domobran (military and paramilitary formations of the Independent State of Croatia), and Bulgarian troops were involved, estimated at 90,000 to 127,000 people.
As a result of the battle, the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia turned the tide of the war in the country, and the initiative passed to the partisans.
Total partisan losses amounted to 7,500 people, while German, Italian, Croatian Domobran, and Bulgarian losses were about 5,500 people.
Several books were written and several films were made in honor of the battle.
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