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Draft:Partisan-Chetnik War (1941-1945)

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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
Part of the Second World War in Yugoslavia

Picture of the Trial of Draža Mihajlović, the main General of the Chetnik Movement
Date1 November 1941 - 15 May 1945
Location
Result

Yugoslav Partisan victory

Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav Partisans
Yugoslav government-in-exile (from September 1944)
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Bulgarian Resistance
 United Kingdom (from 1943)
 United States of America (from 1943)
Chetniks Chetniks
Yugoslav government-in-exile (until September 1944)
 United Kingdom (until 1943)
 United States of America (until 1943)
Commanders and leaders
Yugoslav Partisans Josip Broz Tito
Yugoslav Partisans Aleksandar Ranković
Yugoslav Partisans Vladimir Perić
Yugoslav Partisans Arso Jovanović
Yugoslav Partisans Mladen Stojanović
Yugoslav Partisans Vicko Krustulović
Yugoslav Partisans Kosta Nađ
Yugoslav Partisans Koča Popović
Yugoslav Partisans Milan Blagojević Španac
Chetniks Draža Mihailović
Chetniks Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
Chetniks Pavle Đurišić
Chetniks Dobroslav Jevđević
Chetniks Zvonimir Vučković
Chetniks Petar Baćović
Chetniks Stanko Vrhovac
Chetniks Vojislav Lukačević
Chetniks Vučko Ignjatović
Chetniks Miroslav Trifunović
Chetniks Kosta Pećanac
Chetniks Lazar Tešanović
Chetniks Ljubo Novaković
Chetniks Bajo Stanišić
Strength
20 000 (1941)
100 000 (1943)
800 000 (1945)
up to 5000 (1941)
93 000 (1943)
Unknown (1945)
Casualties and losses
Yugoslav Partisans Up to 20 000 Chetniks 20-30 000

Background

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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]

Captured German soldiers after the First Liberation of Užice

Start of the War

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Course of the War

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Chetnik Collaboration with the Axis

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Battle of Serbia

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End of the War

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Aftermath

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References

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  1. ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). The Chetniks. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.
  2. ^ Pajić, S. (2015-11-28). "Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ Минић, Милош (1993). Ослободилачки или Грађански рат у Југославији 1941-1945 (in Serbian). Агенција "Мир". ISBN 978-86-82295-01-3.