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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.
Lepa Svetozara Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепа Светозара Радић; 19 December 1925 – 8 February 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan and communist of Serbian origin who was awarded the Order of the People's Hero in 1951 for her role in the resistance movement against the Axis powers in the Second World War—becoming the youngest recipient at the time.
A rally in Drvar in September 1942. The Women's Antifascist Front (Serbo-Croatian: Antifašistička fronta žena, Антифашистички фронт жена, abbreviated AFŽ/AФЖ; Slovene: Protifašistična fronta žensk; Macedonian: Антифашистички фронт на жените), was a Yugoslav feminist and anti-fascist mass organisation.
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Mass-shootings of Chetnik and Partisan POWs and local civilians by German forces. [82] Mačva massacres: 24 September – 9 October 1941 Mačva region c. 6,000 Nazi Germany Ustaše Kingdom of Hungary. Serbian civilians killed in reprisals during anti-Partisan operations led by German, Ustaše and Hungarian forces. [83] Ibarski Kolašin massacre
The low status of female peasants in areas of Yugoslavia where Chetniks were strongest could have been utilized and advantageous in military, political, and psychological terms. The treatment of women was a fundamental difference between the Chetniks and Partisans [122] and Chetnik propaganda disparaged the female role in the Partisans. [121]
Laura LoGiudice captured the emotional moment on video when the pilot walked down the aisle to reunite with the donor and announce the woman to passengers as, "The young lady that saved my life."