Draft:Partisan-Chetnik War (1941-1945)
The Partisan-Chetnik War was an armed conflict between the Communist Yugoslav Partisans and the Monarchist Chetniks which lasted from 1941 (after the end of the Chetnik Partisan Alliance during the Serbian Uprising in the Second World War) until 1945 (the end of the Second World War in Yugoslavia)[1]
Partisan Chetnik War | |||||||
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Part of the Second World War in Yugoslavia | |||||||
Picture of the Trial of Draža Mihajlović, the main General of the Chetnik Movement | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav government-in-exile (from September 1944) Soviet Union Bulgarian Resistance United Kingdom (from 1943) United States of America (from 1943) |
Chetniks Yugoslav government-in-exile (until September 1944) United Kingdom (until 1943) United States of America (until 1943) |
Background
Before the start of hostilities, the Partisans and Chetniks launched an armed uprising against Nazi-occupied Serbia after an incident in the town of Bela Crkva.
This uprising was remarkable as it created the first free territory in all of Europe during the Second World War and the first liberated city in the Second World War. At the beginning of the uprising, Chetnik-Partisan collaboration was an undeniable reason for the initial success of the uprising. This is why many historians consider this conflict a brotherly war. The most significant Chetnik-Partisan victories were in Užice, Loznica, Banja Koviljača, and Krupanj.[2]
This joint action would be the primary reason for the establishment of the Užice Republic.[3]
Start of the War
Course of the War
Chetnik Collabiration with the Axis
Battle of Serbia
End of the War
Aftermath
- ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). The Chetniks. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.
- ^ Pajić, S. (2015-11-28). "Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
- ^ Минић, Милош (1993). Ослободилачки или Грађански рат у Југославији 1941-1945 (in Serbian). Агенција "Мир". ISBN 978-86-82295-01-3.