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The Ustaše (pronounced), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, [n 3] was a Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization [21] active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (Croatian: Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret).
Flag Date Use Description 1 November 1990 – present: Standard of the president of Croatia: A square blue field with a border of red and white squares; in the center a version of the national coat of arms surmounted by a red-white-blue ribbon with the letters "RH" (the initials of the country's full name in Croatian, Republika Hrvatska).
The flag combines the colours of the flags of the Kingdom of Croatia (red and white), the Kingdom of Slavonia (blue and white) and partially of the Kingdom of Dalmatia (blue and yellow). [citation needed] The red-white-blue tricolour has been used as the Croatian flag since 1848, and the pan-Slavic colours are widely associated with romantic ...
This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.
The European pine marten (Martes martes; Croatian: kuna zlatica) is a species of mustelid that is a semi-official national animal of Croatia. [33] It has a symbolic meaning, since marten pelts were collected as tax by early Slavs, and because it appears prominently in the Croatian heraldry - this includes the national flag and the coat of arms ...
The Croatian Air Force Legion (Serbo-Croatian: Hrvatska Zrakoplovna Legija), or HZL, was a military unit of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia which fought alongside the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1943 and then back on Croatian soil. The unit was sent to Germany for training on 15 July 1941 before heading to the ...
The Croatian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Movement in Croatia (Croatian: Narodnooslobodilački pokret u Hrvatskoj; NOP), were part of the anti-fascist National Liberational Movement in the Axis-occupied Yugoslavia which was the most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement.
In October 2007, the Croatian newspaper Slobodna Dalmacija reported that NK Imotski's official clothing items featured Ustaša-related symbols (The letter U and the Independent State of Croatia-resembling coat of arms inside the letter. That was, in fact, the logo of the club's leading sponsor, the edile company gUj (meaning "Gojko Und Jure").