The organization of military formations of the Yugoslav army in the homeland in Macedonia (1941-1942)
Unlike other regions in the occupied Yugoslavia, the organization of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (Chetnik militia led by General Draza Mihailovic) in the area of Macedonia was formed relatively late, the same as in Slovenia. The process of creating of the first armed units, which would be late...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Serbian Culture Priština, Leposavić
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Baština |
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| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-9008/2016/0353-90081641211D.pdf |
| Summary: | Unlike other regions in the occupied Yugoslavia, the organization of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (Chetnik militia led by General Draza Mihailovic) in the area of Macedonia was formed relatively late, the same as in Slovenia. The process of creating of the first armed units, which would be later acting as entire battalions, brigades and corps in a clandestine sense, had its own peculiarities. There were several reasons that contributed to the slow process of operational units formation, but the first and foremost was the large-scale persecution of the Bulgarian military and police forces whose aim was to destroy the military-political organization in its infancy, which was considered illegal just like its partisan-communist counterpart. This paper is based on archive materials as well as published literature. It deals with the formation of units on the territory which Bulgarian occupation authorities referred to as Vardar Macedonia. |
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| ISSN: | 0353-9008 2683-5797 |