World War II literally cut Litija in half as the town found itself caught between the spheres of interest of two occupying forces fervently defending their border. Dismembered during the war, Litija was subjected to numerous forms of war violence committed by the German and Italian occupiers, which ultimately stirred a part of the population to join the armed resistance. In a similar vein, not even being able to escape the revolutionary terror and the development of collaboration with the pertaining cycle of atrocities, Litija experienced a civil war. The local population therefore found itself in a total war, with 414 homes burnt down, dozens of people suffering permanent physical disability, disfigurement or other consequences, and 961 casualties. This means that the municipality of Litija lost a little over 6% of its population, which was close to Slovenian average.