Clip from "Battle of Sutjeska", 1973
The Axis rallied 127,000 land troops for the offensive, including German, Italian, NDH (Croatian), Bulgarian, Greek forces under Georgios Poulos (officially SS), and Cossack (in ex-Yugoslav sources also called "Čerkezi", Cherkes) units, and over 300 aircraft.
The Yugoslav National Liberation Army had 22,148 soldiers in 16 brigades. The fighting lasted for more than 4 weeks before the partisans were able to break out from their encirclement.
