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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).
The Ustaše (pronounced) (singular: Ustaša) were formed in 1929 as a fascist Croatian ultranationalist group led by Ante Pavelić.The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, terrorism and Croatian ultranationalism which called for the creation of a racially "pure" Croatian state and promoted genocide against Serbs, Jews and Roma.
The Ustaše Youth (pronounced [ûstaʃe juːθ], Croatian: Ustaška mladež) was the youth wing of the Ustaše, a Croatian fascist organization active during the interwar period and World War II. The Ustaše governed an Axis puppet state called the Independent State of Croatia ( Nezavisna Država Hrvatska , NDH) between 1941 and 1945.
The Croatian Armed Forces were formed in 1944 with the uniting of the Croatian Home Guard and the Ustaše Militia in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). It was established by the fascist Ustaše regime of Ante Pavelić in the NDH an Axis puppet state in Yugoslavia during World War II .
Entrance to "Zagrebački zbor" in 1942, it served as a transit camp for shipping Jews to Ustaša extermination camps [1] [2]. Za dom spremni! (lit. ' For home – ready! ' or ' For homeland – ready! ') was a salute used during World War II by the Croatian Ustaše movement and was the motto of the Independent State of Croatia.
The Croatian Liberation Movement (Croatian: Hrvatski oslobodilački pokret, HOP; Spanish: Movimiento de Liberación Croata) is a minor far-right political party founded in 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Ante Pavelić, poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia and its ruling party Ustashe – Croatian Revolutionary Movement from 1941 to 1945, and some Croatian emigrants.
Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac of Zagreb meeting with the Ustaše leader Ante Pavelić in 1941 Catholic prelates led by Aloysius Stepinac at the funeral of Marko Došen, one of the senior Ustaše leaders, in September 1944 Serb civilians forced to convert to Catholicism by the Ustaše in Glina Execution of prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp, which was briefly run by a Franciscan ...
Football in Croatia is the country's most popular sport. [1] [2] The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) is the governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of association football in the nation, both professional and amateur. [3] The national and club teams are governed by UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions.