The vicinity of the settlement was the site of a well-known engagement between the Slovene Partisans and Italian forces. In the early morning hours of March 26, 1943, two Partisan brigades were moving from near Kočevje towards Loški Potok when they were surprised by the passing battalion of the Macerata Division, which was preparing an ambush as a part of a plan to destroy the Partisans of the region. Three hundred sixty Partisans fought around 480 Italian soldiers and forced them to retreat. There were 106 killed and 102 injured soldiers on the Italian side, and the Partisan side had five dead and 20 injured.