Draft:Partisan-Chetnik War (1941-1945)

Partisan Chetnik War
	Part of the Second World War in Yugoslavia
	; Picture of the Trial of Draža Mihajlović, the main General of the Chetnik Movement
Date	1 November 1941 - 15 May 1945
Location	Yugoslavia;
Result	Yugoslav Partisan victory Establishment of Communist Yugoslavia; Trial of Draža Mihajlović; Communist purges;
Belligerents
Yugoslav Partisans; Yugoslav government-in-exile (from September 1944); Soviet Union; Bulgarian Resistance; United Kingdom (from 1943); United States of America (from 1943)	Chetniks ; Yugoslav government-in-exile (until September 1944) ; United Kingdom (until 1943) ; United States of America (until 1943)
Commanders and leaders
Josip Broz Tito ; Aleksandar Ranković ; Vladimir Perić ; Arso Jovanović ; Mladen Stojanović ; Vicko Krustulović ; Kosta Nađ ; Koča Popović ; Milan Blagojević Španac	Draža Mihailović ; Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin ; Pavle Đurišić ; Dobroslav Jevđević ; Zvonimir Vučković; Petar Baćović ; Stanko Vrhovac ; Vojislav Lukačević ; Vučko Ignjatović ; Miroslav Trifunović ; Kosta Pećanac ; Lazar Tešanović ; Ljubo Novaković ; Bajo Stanišić
Strength
20 000 (1941) ; 100 000 (1943) ; 800 000 (1945)	up to 5000 (1941); 93 000 (1943) ; Unknown (1945)
Casualties and losses
Up to 20 000	20-30 000

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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)^[1]

Background

Before the start of hostilities, the Partisans and Chetniks launched an armed uprising against Nazi-occupied Serbia after an incident in the town of Bela Crkva.

This uprising was remarkable as it created the first free territory in all of Europe during the Second World War and the first liberated city in the Second World War. At the beginning of the uprising, Chetnik-Partisan collaboration was an undeniable reason for the initial success of the uprising. This is why many historians consider this conflict a brotherly war. The most significant Chetnik-Partisan victories were in Užice, Loznica, Banja Koviljača, and Krupanj.^[2]

This joint action would be the primary reason for the establishment of the Užice Republic.^[3]

Start of the War

Course of the War

Chetnik Collaboration with the Axis

Battle of Serbia

End of the War

Aftermath

References

^ Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). The Chetniks. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.
^ Pajić, S. (2015-11-28). "Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
^ Минић, Милош (1993). Ослободилачки или Грађански рат у Југославији 1941-1945 (in Serbian). Агенција "Мир". ISBN 978-86-82295-01-3.

[1] Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). The Chetniks. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-0857-9.

[2] Pajić, S. (2015-11-28). "Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-06-23.

[3] Минић, Милош (1993). Ослободилачки или Грађански рат у Југославији 1941-1945 (in Serbian). Агенција "Мир". ISBN 978-86-82295-01-3.

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