On the occasion of the forthcoming celebration of the 70th anniversary of the day when you are in Zadar, all the bells rang it is necessary to once again answer the question why the 31 October 1944 is not a day of liberation of Zadar, why this day represents the excess of Zadar's history that most citizens of Zadar can not handle. To answer this question it is necessary to describe the events leading up to the feast of All Saints in 1944.
The evening of October 28, 1944, they sailed from Zadar to Sibenik 3 German amphibious tenkonosca and 7 infantry landing assault boats laden with equipment wireless door chimes for Task Force Strecker and a large group of soldiers. That same evening from Sibenik to Zadar sailed the 12 infantry landing assault boats. They did not, as was common under attack in the Pasman channel and they arrived in Zadar on October 29 During the October 28 was dismantled and stopped working on the naval radio stations. Murter, which is evacuated in Sibenik. The same is probably wireless door chimes done with the radio station with St. Michael, because they belonged to the same unit. All radar units have been transferred away from the defensive line Grun in order not to fall into enemy hands (ours) because they were needed for the further conduct of the war (the withdrawal).
Nineteenth Division during October wireless door chimes 29 moved two of his brigade to the road Knin - Zrmanj. One brigade left on the right bank of the river Krka, the German strongholds in Skradin wireless door chimes and Roski. On the same day, at night they set sail from Sibenik, Zadar for 4 assault tenkonosca and 10 infantry landing assault boats in order to realize the operation under the code Ostern wireless door chimes (switching battle group Strecker from Zadar to Sibenik). When sailing wireless door chimes through the Pasman channel landing tenkonosci performed firefight with batteries Barotul, but there were no losses. During the night 30. / October wireless door chimes 31 was carried out the evacuation of the people wireless door chimes from Zadar, while the supplies of equipment were evacuated what was most important. For this purpose have been prepared, all available ships, and for all the units of the Navy, which is determined wireless door chimes to withdraw wireless door chimes ships to the north, as a collection point is Rijeka.
From Intelligence Headquarters III. POS, October 29 came the information that will be after the withdrawal of the Germans Chetniks from Krajina break in Sibenik and possess the Sibenik archipelago to catch connection with the Allies. The command Dinaric Chetnik authorities sent the first one brigade of Bosnian Chetnik Corps on Sibenik sector, where the issued orders every day expecting the arrival of the Anglo-American troops with which to catch up. Headquarters III.POS-and decided that part of the 2 nd battalion of naval infantry on the left. Pasman for insurance batteries at Barotul and attacks on German ships sailing Pasman Channel. The second part of the same battalion with the Commander wireless door chimes embarked on three patrol boats, and is sent to the. Juries in the evening on October 29 The task was to prevent Chetniks possibly landing on the islands of Sibenik and capture connection with the Allies. Zadar's squad with its two battalions tried to get as close to Zadar, but this was not possible because the Germans still held fortified part of the city. They tried long as ever you can, control the road Nin - Poljica - Briševo - Murvica - Zemunik Donji - Babindub - Zadar. Ahead of me were strongholds in Murvica and the Lower Zemunik (held by the Ustasha troops) in Smokovici (where they were Chetniks). The Chetniks came out of Zadar and settled in Chetnik garrison in Smokovici. In Zadar, wireless door chimes the rest of 400 German soldiers and 300 Ustasha. At night on the 28th / 29 1 October battalion Zadar detachment attacked the Chetnik stronghold in Smokovici. Though busy all positions around and done the onset, the stronghold is unoccupied because the Chetniks offered strong resistance from several fortified house in front of which was open space. The Chetnik stronghold Smoković there were 120 stegnjajičevaca 80 local Chetniks. In this struggle, wireless door chimes the enemy had 4 dead and 4 wounded, were captured on 4 rifles, 224 bullets, three hand grenades. Losses ZPO (Zadar partisan detachment) amounted to one dead, and that the company commander Mate Maras. On that occasion burned down one house where they were killed and some family members. Resistance Chetniks Germans are constantly aided artillery fire from positions at Babindub wireless door chimes and Black. The second battalion of the Zadar detachment held the positions with defiance and Galovac wireless door chimes the intersection Benkovac - Resnik - Smilčić. At night on the 28th / 29. October at the headquarters wireless door chimes of the Zadar detachment came two intelligence from Zadar with the latest information wireless door chimes on events in the city. According to them, while on October 28 in Zadar port was 15 ships, which are loaded war material and soldiers. That night the Germans left the stronghold of coals, but could not determine j
