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The Yugoslav Partisans, [note 1] [11] or the National Liberation Army, [note 2] officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, [note 3] [12] was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
German ethnographic map of Yugoslavia from 1940. Macedonians are shown as a separate community, claimed by Bulgarians and Serbs, but it is stated that they were generally counted among the Bulgarians. The Western Outlands are marked as inhabited by Bulgarians, and Morava Valley as a mixed area inhabited by Serbs and Bulgarians.
The partisan movement may have counted up to 150,000 fighting men and women (perhaps five per cent women) in close and inextricable co-operation with several million peasants, the people of the country. Partisan numbers were liable to increase rapidly. [59] The Croatian Home Guard reached its maximum size at the end of 1943, when it had 130,000 ...
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).
The flag of the Partisan detachments of Bosnia-Herzegovina The Yugoslav Partisans formed operational detachments in Bosnia and Herzegovina after the German -led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia during World War II. These detachments were formed to conduct local operations against the occupying powers and those collaborating with them, and a total of 108 detachments were created in Bosnia and ...
Pages in category "Battles involving the Yugoslav Partisans" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... This list may not reflect recent ...
World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia started with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Under the pressure of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, part of the Macedonian communists began in October 1941 a political and military campaign to resist the occupation of Vardar Macedonia.
Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Yugoslav Partisans" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .