Battle of Holmec
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Slovenian victory
- Beginning of the Holmec incident[a]
| Battle of Holmec | |||||||
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| Part of the Ten-Day War | |||||||
 The destroyed Holmec border crossing | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Slovenia |
 Yugoslavia | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maksimiljan Gorenšek |
Rajko Meh (MIA) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
 Territorial Defence National Police | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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220 territorial defence 40 police |
62 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 killed 3 wounded |
3 killed 6 wounded 45 captured 3 surrendered | ||||||
The Battle of Holmec (Slovenian: Bitka za Holmec) was one of the bloodiest clashes and had the second most amount of soldiers involved out of all the battles in the Ten-Day War.[1] The Yugoslav People's Army tried to take the border post of Holmec after a brief ultimatum. The units of the Slovenian Police and territorial defense stopped members of the JNA who were supposed to occupy the border crossing.[2] 220 members of the territorial defense and 40 policemen participated, against 62 members of the JNA.[2][3][4]
The 115th Anti-Sabotage Company, 1st company of the 62nd Carinthian Detachment, 1st platoon of the 97th Assault Detachment, 160th Anti-Sabotage Platoon and the 32nd Anti-aircraft Battery of the Slovenian TO, as well as the 31st JNA corps were present at the battle.[2] After a shootout between both sides, the Holmec watchtower fell around 10 a.m. to Slovenian TO.[2]