1942 Anti-Partisan offensive in Montenegro

{{Short description|WW2 operation}}

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| conflict = 1942 Montenegro offensive

| partof = World War II in Yugoslavia

| image = Public execution of Čedomir Ljubo Čupić.jpg

| caption = Execution of Ljubo Čupić by firing squad, Nikšić, 9 May 1942

| date = mid-May–June 1942

| place = Italian governorate of Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina

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| result = Italian-Chetnik victory

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| combatant1 = {{plainlist |

• {{flagcountry|Fascist Italy (1922-1943)}}
• {{flagicon image|Chetniks Flag.svg}} Chetniks

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| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Partisans

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| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Chetniks Flag.svg}} Zaharije Ostojić

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• {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Josip Broz Tito
• {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} Konstantin Popović

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• {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} 1st Proletarian Brigade
• {{flagicon image|Yugoslav Partisans flag (1942-1945).svg}} 2nd Proletarian Brigade

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The 1942 Montenegro offensive was an Italian-led counter-insurgency operation of World War II, which targeted the Yugoslav Partisans in the Italian governorate of Montenegro and the eastern Herzegovina region of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It was carried out from mid-May to June 1942, with Chetnik forces taking part on the Italian side. The offensive followed the conclusion of the joint German-Italian Operation Trio in eastern Bosnia. Together these two operations comprise what was known as the Third Enemy Offensive ({{lang-sh-Latn|links=no|Treća neprijateljska ofenziva}}) in Yugoslav historiography.

The offensive resulted in the expulsion of almost all of the Partisans from Montenegro and eastern Herzegovina. Most of captured Partisans were executed by Italian occupying forces.