The 'Karlovačka Operacija' was a Yugoslav operation by the forces of Marshal Josip Broz Tito in an effort to liberate the area of Karlovac in German-occupied Yugoslavia and at the same time prevent German formations falling back through Slovenia into southern Austria (30 April/7 May 1945).

The Yugoslav formation involved was the 'Karlovac' Divisional Grouping (3^rd, 4^th 'Krajina', 10^th 'Krajina' and 34^th 'Croatia' Divisions), and it has been claimed that these divisions destroyed substantial Axis forces, although it is more probable that the Axis forces managed to escape largely unscathed through Slovenia to surrender to the Western Allies in southern Austria. Among these Axis forces were Generalleutnant Friedrich Stephan’s 104^th Jägerdivision, 2^nd Polizei Freiwilligenregiment 'Kroatien' and 4^th Polizei Freiwilligenregiment 'Kroatien', 96^th Pionierregiment and number of smaller Ustase groups. One battalion of the 20^th Jägerregiment fought an exemplary rearguard action to permit an orderly withdrawal of the German and Croat troops, and suffered very few casualties during its effort.