 In the area of Šiprage, at the very beginning of the war, there were several local partisan unit forces that were later included in larger formations.On 6 January 1944, the Germans broke through the partisan defence lines on the Raskršće locality between the villages of Stopan and Kerle, and the next day entered (at sunrise, 7 January) the centre of Šiprage, where they stayed until 15 January 1944.The town was bombed and attacked by Germans and Chetniks, including the units of Draža Mihailović.