MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - BREZNA OPERATION/NEMOGUĆA MISIJA - OPERACIJA BREZNA

One of the largest and most successful operations to rescue the wounded in World War II was carried out on August 22, 1944 in the village of Brezna in Montenegro. British aircrafts, with the help of the villagers of Brezna, rescued 1,056 wounded partisans, 15 Allied pilots and a British military mission that day.
From early morning, Allied planes landed on the improvised airstrip in Brezna, loaded the wounded and took them to Italy and Malta. All this took place under enemy attacks and fire.
The last plane with the wounded took off after 4 p.m., and the enemy army entered Brezna a few hours later.
Civilians, women, children, and the elderly paid a high price for cooperating with the Allies and rescuing the wounded.
We, the villagers of Brezna, express our sincere gratitude to the British Embassy in Podgorica and Ambassador Alison Camp, for their friendship, and for the reason that they brought this event out of oblivion and made a documentary film for future generations.
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Jedna od najvećih i najuspješnijih operacija spasavanja ranjenika u Drugom svjetskom ratu izvedena je 22. avgusta 1944. godine u selu Brezna u Crnoj Gori. Britanski avioni, uz pomoć mještana sela Brezna, toga dana su spasili 1056 ranjenih partizana, 15 savezničkih pilota i britanska vojna misija.

Od ranog jutra na improvizovanu pistu u Breznima slijetali su saveznički avioni, ukrcavali ranjenike o odvozili ih u Italiju i na Maltu. Sve ovo odvijalo se pod napadima i paljbom neprijatelja.
Poslednji avion sa ranjenicima uzletio je poslije 16 časova, a u Brezna je već nakon nekoliko sati ušla neprijateljska vojska.
Civili, žene, djeca, stari, platili su visoku cijenu saradnje sa saveznicima i spasavanja ranjenika.
Mi mještani Brezana izražavamo iskrenu zahvalnost Britanskoj ambasadi u Podgorici i ambasadorki Alison Camp na iskrenom prijeteljstvu, i jer su ovaj događaj izvukli iz zaborava i uradili dokumentarni film za buduće generacije

Video credit: British Ambassy in Podgorica

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