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The Raid at Ožbalt was the most successful known prison break of the Second World War. It was an operation on 31 August 1944 in which 105 Allied prisoners of war (POWs) were rescued by Slovene Partisans, Special Operations Executive (SOE), and MI9. The majority were liberated from a work site at the village of Ožbalt (German: St. Oswald an der Drau) about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Maribor on the railway line to Dravograd in the German Reichsgau Steiermark (Styria), now part of modern-day northern Slovenia. Six of the liberated POWs were separated from the group during an engagement with the Germans a few days after their liberation. One later reunited with the escape group. Following a 14-day trek across 250 kilometres (160 mi) they were flown out of a Partisan airfield at Semič to Bari, Italy. The successful escapees consisted of twenty Frenchmen, nine New Zealanders, twelve Australians, and fifty-nine British POWs.
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Rank | Name | Population | Traditional region | ||
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2023 pop. | 2011 pop. | Percentage change | |||
1. | Ljubljana | 287.076 | 272.220 | 5,46% | Upper and Lower Carniola |
2. | Maribor | 96.209 | 95.171 | 1,09% | Styria |
3. | Kranj | 37.944 | 36.874 | 2,9% | Upper Carniola |
4. | Celje | 37.188 | 37.520 | –0,88% | Styria |
5. | Koper | 26.100 | 24.996 | 4,42% | Slovene Littoral |
6. | Velenje | 25.235 | 25.456 | –0.87% | Styria |
7. | Novo Mesto | 24.234 | 23.341 | 3,86% | Lower Carniola |
8. | Ptuj | 17.984 | 18.164 | –0,99% | Styria |
9. | Kamnik | 13.800 | 13.644 | 1,14% | Upper Carniola |
10. | Jesenice | 13.702 | 13.440 | 1,95% | Upper Carniola |
11. | Trbovlje | 13.678 | 15.163 | –9,79% | Styria |
12. | Domžale | 13.222 | 12.406 | 6,58% | Upper Carniola |
13. | Nova Gorica | 13.021 | 13.178 | –1,19% | Slovene Littoral |
14. | Škofja Loka | 11.797 | 11.969 | –1,44% | Upper Carniola |
15. | Izola | 11.566 | 11.223 | 3,06% | Slovene Littoral |
16. | Murska Sobota | 11.190 | 11.614 | –3,65% | Prekmurje |
17. | Logatec | 10.211 | 8.942 | 14,19% | Inner Carniola |
18. | Postojna | 9.987 | 9.183 | 8,76% | Inner Carniola |
19. | Vrhnika | 8.969 | 8.413 | 6,60% | Inner Carniola |
20. | Slovenska Bistrica | 8.301 | 7.454 | 11,36% | Styria |
21. | Kočevje | 8.126 | 8.672 | –6,29% | Lower Carniola |
22. | Grosuplje | 7.702 | 7.098 | 8,51% | Lower Carniola |
23. | Slovenj Gradec | 7.513 | 7.519 | –0,08% | Styria |
24. | Mengeš | 7.207 | 6.112 | 17,92% | Upper Carniola |
25. | Ravne na Koroškem | 7.160 | 6.979 | 2,59% | Carinthia |
26. | Ajdovščina | 7.037 | 6.656 | 5,72% | Slovene Littoral |
27. | Brežice | 7.003 | 6.573 | 6,54% | Styria |
28. | Krško | 6.852 | 7.097 | –3,45% | Lower Carniola |
29. | Litija | 6.688 | 6.467 | 3,42% | Upper Carniola |
30. | Sežana | 6.151 | 5.531 | 11,21% | Slovene Littoral |
31. | Radovljica | 6.099 | 5.940 | 2,68% | Upper Carniola |
32. | Zagorje ob Savi | 6.022 | 6.439 | –6,47% | Upper Carniola |
33. | Idrija | 5.848 | 5.955 | –1,79% | Slovene Littoral |
34. | Črnomelj | 5.426 | 5.776 | –6,06% | Lower Carniola |
35. | Medvode | 5.390 | 5.178 | 4,09% | Upper Carniola |
36. | Bled | 5.240 | 5.181 | 1,14% | Upper Carniola |
37. | Rogaška Slatina | 5.220 | 5.111 | 2,13% | Styria |
38. | Slovenske Konjice | 5.152 | 4.869 | 5,81% | Styria |
39. | Šentjur | 5.017 | 4.762 | 5,35% | Styria |
40. | Žalec | 5.004 | 4.943 | 1,23% | Styria |
41. | Hrastnik | 4.829 | 5.621 | –14,09% | Styria |
42. | Prevalje | 4.646 | 4.643 | 0,06% | Carinthia |
43. | Sevnica | 4.574 | 4.660 | –1,85% | Styria |
44. | Ilirska Bistrica | 4.350 | 4.553 | –4,46% | Inner Carniola |
45. | Ruše | 4.206 | 4.503 | –6,60% | Styria |
46. | Cerknica | 4.131 | 3.928 | 5,17% | Inner Carniola |
47. | Trebnje | 3.892 | 3.477 | 11,93% | Lower Carniola |
48. | Tržič | 3.811 | 3.865 | –1,40% | Upper Carniola |
49. | Piran | 3.787 | 4.192 | –9,66% | Slovene Littoral |
50. | Ribnica | 3.704 | 3.604 | 2,77% | Lower Carniola |
51. | Šempeter pri Gorici | 3.622 | 3.760 | –3,67% | Slovene Littoral |
52. | Žiri | 3.743 | 3.588 | 4,31% | Upper Carniola |
53. | Lenart v Slovenskih Goricah | 3.449 | 3.006 | 14,74% | Styria |
54. | Ljutomer | 3.244 | 3.460 | –6,24% | Styria |
55. | Laško | 3.278 | 3.456 | –5,15% | Styria |
56. | Metlika | 3.236 | 3.273 | –1,13% | Lower Carniola |
57. | Tolmin | 3.228 | 3.534 | –8,68% | Slovene Littoral |
58. | Gornja Radgona | 3.159 | 3.159 | 0,00% | Styria |
59. | Mežica | 3.127 | 3.254 | –3,90% | Carinthia |
60. | Dravograd | 3.087 | 3.289 | –6,14% | Carinthia |
61. | Zreče | 3.055 | 2.935 | 4,09% | Styria |
62. | Šoštanj | 2.971 | 2.880 | 3,16% | Styria |
63. | Železniki | 2.879 | 3.075 | –6,37% | Upper Carniola |
64. | Lendava | 2.827 | 3.129 | –9,65% | Prekmurje |
65. | Ormož | 1.986 | 2.174 | –8,64% | Styria |
66. | Radeče | 1.926 | 2.168 | –11,16% | Lower Carniola |
67. | Bovec | 1.539 | 1.631 | –5,64% | Slovene Littoral |
68. | Višnja Gora | 1.139 | 1.000 | 13.90% | Lower Carniola |
69. | Kostanjevica na Krki | 688 | 695 | –1.01% | Lower Carniola |
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