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The planned attack against Partisan forces besieging the NDH garrison at [[Ogulin]] near Karlovac involved a drive southwest from Karlovac between 13 and 16 January 1944 initially led by the 847th Infantry Regiment. In their first engagements with the Partisan [[8th Division (Yugoslav Partisans)|8th Division]], the Croatian soldiers panicked and their German leaders were quickly wounded or killed. On 16 January, Ogulin was relieved, but the advance was continued south to [[Skradnik]], and villages in that area were also secured.{{sfn|Schraml|1962|pp=231–232}}

This was followed by Operation Drežnica, a push through to the coast, forcing passes through the [[Velika Kapela]] mountain range, part of the [[Dinaric Alps]]. Both passes were more than {{convert|750|m}} above sea level. The division captured the [[Josephina (road)|Kapela and Vratnik passes]]. This was followed by a series of engagements along the road to the coast. The 847th Infantry Regiment was then allocated the task of securing the coastline up the coast as far as [[Bakar, Croatia|Bakar]], and southward to the village of [[Jablanac]], and the 846th Infantry Regiment was directed to secure the divisional supply route from Senj to [[Generalski Stol]]. The 847th Infantry Regiment then spread out along the coastline between Karlobag and [[Crikvenica]], and supported by elements of the divisional artillery and pioneers they began building fortifications against a feared [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion. The troops in Karlobag linked up with the [[264th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|264th Infantry Division]] who were responsible for the coast further to the southeast.{{sfn|Schraml|1962|pp=234–241}}{{sfn|Richter|Kobe|1983|pp=126–128}}

====Fighting during 1944====