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165: 1213:. The order effecting the transfer was dated 9 November, but not formally recognized until 27 November. At this time the SDK composition on paper was a corps staff, five regiments each with three battalions, a signal company, a mountain supply detachment and German liaison staff. It is important to point out at this time that the SDK's relationship with the Waffen-SS was official, but not on the ground. The troops never wore SS uniforms, and it is doubtful whether the relationship ever went beyond the simple exchange of a limited amount of paperwork. The SDK's situation was quite similar to that of the 132: 179: 1414:, to try to block the 4th Army's westward advance. In early April the 237th Infantry Division was rushed to the area, and within a few days defensive positions were established in a 21-kilometre arc to the east and north of the city. The 4th Army began its attack on Rijeka around 20 April with the Partisan 13th, 19th and 43rd Divisions. Although the outnumbered German 237th Infantry Division offered stiff resistance and held its positions, General Kuebler ordered the 188th Reserve Mountain Division to launch an immediate attack on Partisan concentrations in the vicinity of 32: 1318:, elements of the 1st Slovenian Domobranci Assault Regiment, two SDK battalions and one Caucasian battalion, with a total force of around 5,000 men. The second group, 'Koestermann', consisted of two battalions of the German 730th Infantry Regiment (710th Inf. Div.), a police company and some engineers, with a total of 2,500 men. The attacking forces pushed forward from a south and west direction, and this time the operation was more successful. The Partisans suffered moderate losses, and the concentration was broken up and dispersed to the northeast. 152: 1422:
General Kuebler that his Corps was threatened with total encirclement. Kuebler's appreciation of the situation was entirely correct, as on 22 April the general staff of Tito's 4th Army ordered a flanking movement to bypass the city. While the LXXXXVII Corps continued to be pressed by three divisions, the Partisan 20th Division was brought up from Ogulin along with one additional brigade, three tank battalions and two artillery battalions. This force moved to the north, around the German defensive perimeter, and advanced on Trieste via
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To support this attack, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th SDK Regiments were moved up from the Postojna area. However, the regiments of the Serbian Volunteer Corps arrived too late and never made contact with the 188th Mountain Division. The attack on the airfield was unsuccessful, and by 23 April it was clear to
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The area encircled was mountainous, thickly forested, and still deep in winter snow. Once off the few roads that encircle the area, the attacking forces were faced with extremely difficult terrain that limited their progress to a few kilometres each day, inhibited contact with neighbouring units, and
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However, the Partisans quickly regrouped, so the Germans were forced to conduct a supplementary operation (19 March-7 April), which proved to be the final operation against Tito's 9th Corps. Four combat groups were organized along the perimeter of the area now occupied by the Partisans, with the task
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and agreed on mutual help and co-operation. SDK established volunteer schools in Ilirska Bistrica, one for officer training and one ideological. The school for officers was directed by Ljotić himself. During the settling in period, the 3,000 able-bodied survivors of the SDK were augmented by released
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and executed. The UstaÅ”e considered them dangerous enemies of the Independent State of Croatia, and this was the UstaÅ”e response to the German failure to obtain permission prior to transporting these Serbs through their country. Any Serb who supported the 'Greater Serbia' concept, as did Ljotić and
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By 15 February 1942, the Corps had a strength of 172 officers and 3,513 men, which was very close to the planned strength for the five battalions. During 1942 SDK clashed with Partisans in southern Serbia. Although they inflicted considerable losses on the Partisans they didn't manage to crush them
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At about this time, 22 April, Neubacher paid his final visit to Ljotić. A total collapse of German forces in the Balkans and in Italy was recognized as being only a matter of weeks if not days away, and Neubacher wanted to know Ljotić's plans for withdrawing and surrendering the SDK. The next day,
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river against Partisans, together with some German units and under the command of Colonel Jungenfeld, the commander of the 5th Police Regiment. On 14 October the battle for Belgrade started, and Germans decided to evacuate SDK to some place where it can be used in guarding duties and anti-partisan
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in the hope of finding a solution. The meeting was on 15 September 1943, and Nedić managed to secure an agreement for the reinforcement of the SDK by five additional battalions, with a further five to follow as circumstances permitted. These measures were immediately carried out, and by 20 October
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According to report by state commission set by post-war authorities dated December 25 1945, SDK members killed 618 people, mostly men, outside combat, beat up around 5 thousand people, raped 49 women, arrested around 10 thousand people, sent around thousand people to forced labour and razed 136
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The Partisans had meanwhile grown to an army of considerable strength, and by the summer of 1943 were once again active throughout Serbia. This renewed activity greatly worried the responsible German commanders, since the strength of the occupation forces had declined considerably during the
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of bringing the 9th Corps to battle by gradually advancing in unison toward the centre, and thereby reducing the size of the area under their control. This was the standard German method of cleansing a Partisan-controlled area, that never significantly changed during the course of the war.
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The part of 5th Regiment that withdrew reached Bosnia in mid-November and began to move towards Slovenia. It was during the move north that an event befell the SDK which was to cripple the unit's leadership capability in the coming months. 30 to 40 officers were seized in
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Serbian Volunteer Corps troops received Yugoslav or Italian uniforms on which they wore black cloth collar patches (dark blue after 1943), rank badges on the shoulder straps, and a metal corps badge on the right breast. Their helmets were either Italian or Czechoslovak.
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and Commanding General in Serbia. In operations in the field, its units were put under tactical command of German divisions. Ljotić himself had no control over SDK. SDK units were not allowed to move from the assigned territory without German authorization.
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aiming to eliminate the Partisan stronghold in the Trnovska Mountains. Nearly 5,000 men were used, including 500 from the SDK's 1st Regiment in Postojna, the 10th SS-Police Regiment, Italian R.S.I. troops, Slovenian Domobranci (pro-Nazi Slovenian militia).
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but during its formation most troops escaped to the Chetniks. By 21 August 1944 the five-regiment SDK had reached a strength of 9,886 officers and men, and from its inception to September 1944 had suffered 700 killed and 1,800 wounded in action.
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each of the five independent battalions had become a regiment with a strength of two battalions. Training for the five new battalions took place at the respective regimental garrison locations: SDK 1st Regiment in Valjevo, 2nd Regiment in
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The withdrawal began on 8 October during the final joint Partisan and Soviet assault on Belgrade when the 1st volunteer regiment under Major Ilija MićaÅ”ević and 4th volunteer regiment under Major Vojislav Dimitrijević crossed the
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Corps was formed under the command of MuŔicki. The Corps was put under the command of the German 113th Division with which they fought between 25 and 29 November after the majority of Partisan troops had escaped to the
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greatly restricted the ability to rapidly bring up fresh supplies and heavy weapons. Very soon gaps developed in the line of advance, through which the main body of 9th Corps escaped. Although a number of minor
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but under guarantees of Nedić and Ljotić was released on the condition that he put his troops under SDK command. ĐuriÅ”ić accepted the offer, formed three SDK regiments and became MuÅ”icki's second in command.
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River on 12 May 1945. 20 days later these 2,418 men were turned over to Tito's Partisans. Yugoslav leadership decided to execute all SDK members older than 20. Some were executed almost immediately in the
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affected many non-German volunteers fighting with German forces. There was a branch-of-service redistribution by ethnic group, and the Serbian volunteers now found themselves under the authority of the
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during the hours of darkness, Ljotić accidentally drove his car into a hole that had been blown in a bridge by Allied fighter-bombers. His neck was broken and he died shortly thereafter.
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There are a substantial number of sources that label Zbor as a fascist organisation, and also a substantial number of sources that describe Zbor's leader, Dimitrije Ljotić, as fascist.
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On 29 April, as Tito's forces were closing on the Trieste area, General Damjanović issued orders to the 1st and 5th Regiments to cross into Italy, where on 5 May in the town of
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As the battle for Rijeka moved toward its inevitable conclusion, SDK Regiments 2, 3, and 4 were sent to Ljubljana and transferred to the authority of SS-ObergruppenfĆ¼hrer
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river. The 3rd regiment under Major Jovan Dobrosavljević delayed crossing the Sava as they were fighting the Partisans in Šabac and met up with the others later in
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officer. The command consisted of 12 companies, each 120-150 men strong. Many volunteers came from the student ZBOR organization and others were refugees from the
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village of Col on 18 December 1944. From 19 December to the end of the month a major encircle-and-destroy operation was mounted from the garrison towns of
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The major battle was on 9 September when the Partisans totally defeated joint SDK and Chetnik forces. SDK was in early October given a task to defend the
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in Serbia. In mid-September 1944, a corps unit saved Draža Mihailović and the Chetnik Supreme Command in northwest Serbia from capture by the Partisans.
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On 27 March, General Damjanović replaced General MuÅ”icki as commander of the Serbian Volunteer Corps and the SDK became a component of
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The SDK fought the Partisans throughout the spring (attacking 2nd and 5th Partisan Divisions in western Serbia) and summer of 1944 (in
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On 15 September 1941, Nedić proposed that the government should be dismissed and allow neighbouring states to police it, but minister
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and their way to Belgrade was blocked. The commander of 5th Regiment was forced to change the withdrawal plan and moved across the
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they moved to Belgrade and crossed the Sava and they became a temporary part of the 4th Regiment. Most troops met each other at
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with command being set up in Ilirska Bistrica. As soon as he arrived in Slovenia Dimitrije Ljotić got in touch with pro-Nazi
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and American units who were expected to move in that direction from Italy. Ljotić reassured Neubacher of the SDK's loyalty.
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were fought, and casualties suffered on both sides, the overall result of the operation was disappointing.
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completely in southern Serbia. In western Serbia, SDK with gendarmerie, Germans and Chetniks attacked the
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proposed that the puppet government should call upon the Serbian population to form anti-communist units.
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on the right breast. Ranks or grade designations were for all practical purposes those of the former
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actions, since SDK was considered unsuitable for full frontal combat. Hitler ordered to move SDK to
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but managed to escape and was in Belgrade in November that year. ĐuriÅ”ić was soon captured by the
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with the intention of linking up with the Partisan 9th Corps which was pushing south on Trieste.
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The Serbian Volunteer Corps was formally under Nedić's Command of Gendarmerie, but it was, like
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The official name of this territory was the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia.
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relatively peaceful months of 1942. Nedić was also aware of this problem, and went to see
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called the Serbian Volunteer Detachments was formed, the unit, never formally part of the
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Commander ordered boarding of SDK for the evacuation on 17 October on railway station
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to deal with the uprisings under the threat of letting the armed forces of the
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was liberated in October 1944, the corps retreated with the Germans into the
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As they reached Slovenia the SDK troops concentrated in the area around
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unit. This group was deployed to the southeast along the line Idrija-
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SDK's first major action in Slovenia was to take the Partisan-held
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and two SDK members killed. In November before an offensive in the
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as opposed to volunteers and reached a peak strength of 9,886 men.
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was concentrated along the north-eastern side of the perimeter.
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occupy the territory and maintain peace and order in it. A
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The next campaign participated in by the SDK was against
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where they awaited trains for transfer to Slovenia.
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Most of the men were returned to 470:, numbered about 3,500 men, mostly 137:German-occupied territory of Serbia 21:Serbian Volunteers (disambiguation) 13: 2310:Foreign Legions of the Third Reich 1799:Croatian Home Guard (World War II) 1681: 874:Milan Nedić ordered that the SDK, 14: 3530: 3344:Italian governorate of Montenegro 2455:Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941ā€“45 1406:immediately issued orders to the 509:, and incorporated into the SFK: 3324:Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia 3271:Government of National Salvation 2522:Government of National Salvation 1671:Lieutenant Colonel (Potpukovnik) 1649:Sergeant Major (Narednik vodnik) 1461: 1125:In September the Partisans with 1027: 752: 567: 352: 244: 230: 177: 171:Government of National Salvation 163: 150: 130: 30: 2458:. New York: Osprey Publishing. 2336:. London: Hurst & Company. 2223:. New York: Algora Publishing. 2177:Dimitrijević, Bojan B. (2014). 2113: 1832: 1823: 1817:after their ideological leader 1038:needs additional citations for 578:needs additional citations for 3499:Serbia under German occupation 3430:Independent State of Macedonia 3316:Slovene military organizations 3151:Lim-Sandžak Chetnik Detachment 2532:Independent State of Macedonia 2508:Yugoslavia during World War II 2256:10.1080/00085006.1971.11091249 2118:. In Horowitz, Sara R. (ed.). 1811: 1784:Seven anti-partisan offensives 1687:Order of Battle (January 1943) 743: 543:where they surrendered to the 400: 374: 1: 3138:Chetnik movement (broad term) 2428:: Stanford University Press. 1804: 512:Serbisches Freiwilligen Korps 3382:German occupation of Albania 2527:Independent State of Croatia 2270:Hoare, Marko Attila (2014). 1659:2nd Lieutenant (Potporučnik) 1215:XV. Kosaken-Kavallerie-Korps 1204:Meanwhile, major changes in 694:Independent State of Croatia 680:The next day 234 members of 558: 452:Independent State of Croatia 391:Serbisches Freiwilligenkorps 7: 3438:Bulgarian Action Committees 3294:Montenegrin Volunteer Corps 2360:. Beograd: Narodna knjiga. 2351:Stefanović, Mladen (1984). 1888:Frieser & Schmider 2017 1767: 1653: 448:collaborationist government 383:Srpski dobrovoljački korpus 382: 10: 3535: 3478:World War II in Yugoslavia 2565:Yugoslav National Movement 2308:Littlejohn, David (1994). 1774:World War II in Yugoslavia 1325:To the west, along a line 1129:support began their final 902:and replaced by Brigadier 734: 682:Yugoslav National Movement 375:Š”рŠæсŠŗŠø Š“Š¾Š±Ń€Š¾Š²Š¾Ń™Š°Ń‡ŠŗŠø ŠŗŠ¾Ń€Šæус 157:Yugoslav National Movement 18: 3465: 3423: 3375: 3367:Montenegrin National Army 3342: 3314: 3269: 3179:Croatian Air Force Legion 3164: 3136: 3127: 3102: 3056: 3005: 2974: 2961:Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin 2843: 2580: 2573: 2540: 2514: 2443:Radanović, Milan (2016). 2418:Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). 1876:Thomas & Mikulan 1995 1662:1st Lieutenant (Poručnik) 1646:Staff Sergeant (Narednik) 524: 342: 337: 327: 319: 309: 297: 261: 222: 214: 204: 194: 142: 125: 117: 105: 100: 2244:Canadian Slavonic Papers 1626: 1623:and a number of others. 1453:Surrender and afterwards 209:Anti-partisan operations 39:This article includes a 3306:Belgrade Special Police 3289:Serbian Volunteer Corps 2373:Thomas, Robert (1999). 2289:Lampe, John R. (2000). 1371:under SS-GruppenfĆ¼hrer 474:but also included some 411:political organisation 367:Serbian Volunteer Corps 101:Serbian Volunteer Corps 68:more precise citations. 3473:Invasion of Yugoslavia 3229:Sandžak Muslim militia 2354:ZBOR Dimitrija Ljotića 2238:Hehn, Paul N. (1971). 1779:Invasion of Yugoslavia 1734:Order of Battle (1944) 1643:Sergeant (Podnarednik) 1394:, Croatia to liberate 947:MiloÅ” Vojnović Lautner 670: 536: 511: 390: 3214:Croatian Naval Legion 3166:Croatian Armed Forces 2328:Pavlowitch, Stevan K. 2219:Haskin, Jean (2006). 2160:The History of Serbia 2158:Cox, John K. (2002). 1586:Kočevski Rog massacre 668: 3425:Bulgarian occupation 2645:Muhamed Hadžiefendić 2426:Stanford, California 1590:Slovenian Domobranci 1485:improve this section 1316:SS Police Battalions 1230:Slovenian Domobranci 1047:improve this article 776:improve this section 587:improve this article 547:on 12 May 1945 near 464:paramilitary militia 254:(from 30 March 1945) 3284:Serbian State Guard 3224:Hadžiefendić Legion 3184:Croatian Home Guard 3074:Aćif Hadžiahmetović 2137:Bishop, C. (2012). 2114:Antić, Ana (2012). 2016:, pp. 189ā€“190. 1962:, pp. 344ā€“373. 1408:LXXXXVII Army Corps 1404:German Army Group E 876:Serbian State Guard 702:Royal Yugoslav Army 537:Serbisches SS Korps 497:entered Serbia and 468:German armed forces 419:with the forces of 399:(Serbian Cyrillic: 3334:Slovene Home Guard 3174:Croatian Air Force 2916:Vojislav Lukačević 2901:Dragutin Keserović 2886:Dragomir Jovanović 2876:Dobroslav Jevđević 2640:Miroslav Filipović 2590:Mehmed Alajbegović 2397:Vucinich, Wayne S. 2064:, p. 291-292. 1674:Colonel (Pukovnik) 1386:Meanwhile, Tito's 1019:Retreat and demise 868:Yugoslav Partisans 686:Konstantin MuÅ”icki 671: 436:Yugoslav Partisans 41:list of references 3486: 3485: 3461: 3460: 3123: 3122: 2966:Svetozar Vujković 2830:Vjekoslav Vrančić 2750:Miroslav Navratil 2695:Vjekoslav Luburić 2595:Andrija Artuković 2465:978-1-85532-473-2 2435:978-0-8047-3615-2 2410:978-05-200153-6-4 2384:978-1-85065-367-7 2300:978-0-521-77401-7 2281:978-0-19-936531-9 2230:978-0-87586-428-0 2211:978-0-19-872346-2 2192:978-86-519-1811-0 2169:978-0-313-31290-8 2150:978-1-908273-99-4 2129:978-0-8101-2862-0 2074:Dimitrijević 2014 2038:Dimitrijević 2014 1665:Captain (Kapetan) 1640:Corporal (Kaplar) 1632:Enlisted and NCOs 1565: 1564: 1557: 1539: 1388:4th Partisan Army 1199:Sremska Mitrovica 1123: 1122: 1115: 1097: 872:Republic of Užice 856: 855: 848: 830: 663: 662: 655: 637: 393:), also known as 385:, SDK for short; 360: 359: 94: 93: 86: 3526: 3390:Albanian Militia 3239:23rd SS Division 3234:13th SS Division 3156:Pećanac Chetniks 3134: 3133: 3115:Hristo Tatarchev 3084:Rexhep Mitrovica 3043:Mihailo Ivanović 3033:Zaharije Ostojić 2921:Draža Mihailović 2911:Dimitrije Ljotić 2755:Sulejman Pačariz 2735:Husein Miljković 2720:Vladimir MetikoÅ” 2680:Slavko Kvaternik 2665:Džafer Kulenović 2578: 2577: 2555:Slovene Covenant 2497: 2490: 2483: 2474: 2473: 2469: 2448: 2439: 2414: 2393:Tomasevich, Jozo 2388: 2369: 2359: 2347: 2323: 2304: 2285: 2266: 2264: 2262: 2234: 2215: 2196: 2173: 2154: 2133: 2101: 2095: 2089: 2083: 2077: 2071: 2065: 2059: 2053: 2047: 2041: 2035: 2029: 2023: 2017: 2011: 2002: 1996: 1990: 1984: 1975: 1969: 1963: 1957: 1951: 1945: 1939: 1933: 1927: 1921: 1915: 1909: 1903: 1897: 1891: 1885: 1879: 1873: 1862: 1856: 1839: 1836: 1830: 1827: 1821: 1819:Dimitrije Ljotić 1815: 1621:Draža Mihailović 1592:to the infamous 1560: 1553: 1549: 1546: 1540: 1538: 1497: 1465: 1457: 1424:Ilirska Bistrica 1365:Draža Mihailović 1350:14th SS Division 1268:by the Croatian 1222:Ilirska Bistrica 1118: 1111: 1107: 1104: 1098: 1096: 1055: 1031: 1023: 896:Draža Mihailović 851: 844: 840: 837: 831: 829: 788: 756: 748: 713:Aleksa Todorović 658: 651: 647: 644: 638: 636: 595: 571: 563: 529:Srpski SS Korpus 526: 525:Š”рŠæсŠŗŠø Š”Š” KŠ¾Ń€Šæус 517:Serbian SS Corps 514: 402: 376: 371:Serbian Cyrillic 356: 250: 248: 247: 236: 234: 233: 183: 181: 180: 169: 167: 166: 155: 154: 153: 135: 134: 110: 98: 97: 89: 82: 78: 75: 69: 64:this article by 55:inline citations 34: 33: 26: 3534: 3533: 3529: 3528: 3527: 3525: 3524: 3523: 3489: 3488: 3487: 3482: 3457: 3428: 3419: 3415:Kosovo Regiment 3380: 3371: 3347: 3338: 3329:Legion of Death 3310: 3265: 3189:Croatian Legion 3160: 3146:Dinara Division 3129: 3119: 3098: 3089:Shaban Polluzha 3052: 3038:Sekula Drljević 3013:Blažo Đukanović 3001: 2992:Gregorij Rožman 2987:Ernest Peterlin 2970: 2951:Stevo Rađenović 2931:Fehim Musakadić 2861:Jezdimir Dangić 2839: 2810:Tomislav Sertić 2790:Husein Rovčanin 2690:Mladen Lorković 2670:Osman Kulenović 2625:Fedor Dragojlov 2582: 2569: 2542: 2536: 2510: 2501: 2466: 2436: 2411: 2385: 2357: 2344: 2320: 2301: 2282: 2260: 2258: 2231: 2212: 2193: 2170: 2151: 2130: 2105: 2104: 2096: 2092: 2084: 2080: 2072: 2068: 2060: 2056: 2050:Littlejohn 1994 2048: 2044: 2036: 2032: 2026:Tomasevich 2001 2024: 2020: 2014:Tomasevich 2001 2012: 2005: 1997: 1993: 1987:Tomasevich 2001 1985: 1978: 1972:Pavlowitch 2002 1970: 1966: 1958: 1954: 1948:Tomasevich 1969 1946: 1942: 1934: 1930: 1922: 1918: 1910: 1906: 1898: 1894: 1890:, p. 1087. 1886: 1882: 1874: 1865: 1859:Tomasevich 2001 1857: 1853: 1843: 1842: 1837: 1833: 1828: 1824: 1816: 1812: 1807: 1770: 1736: 1689: 1684: 1682:Order of battle 1656: 1634: 1629: 1561: 1550: 1544: 1541: 1498: 1496: 1482: 1466: 1455: 1392:Novi Vinodolski 1373:Odilo Globocnik 1306:Josip Broz Tito 1241:Gregorij Rožman 1140:bridgehead and 1119: 1108: 1102: 1099: 1056: 1054: 1044: 1032: 1021: 852: 841: 835: 832: 789: 787: 773: 757: 746: 737: 728:August Meyszner 706:Ratko Parežanin 659: 648: 642: 639: 596: 594: 584: 572: 561: 363: 344: 293: 257: 245: 243: 231: 229: 190: 178: 176: 164: 162: 151: 149: 129: 113: 90: 79: 73: 70: 59: 45:related reading 35: 31: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 3532: 3522: 3521: 3516: 3511: 3506: 3501: 3484: 3483: 3481: 3480: 3475: 3470: 3466: 3463: 3462: 3459: 3458: 3456: 3455: 3450: 3445: 3440: 3434: 3432: 3421: 3420: 3418: 3417: 3412: 3407: 3402: 3397: 3395:Balli KombĆ«tar 3392: 3386: 3384: 3373: 3372: 3370: 3369: 3364: 3359: 3357:Lovćen Brigade 3353: 3351: 3340: 3339: 3337: 3336: 3331: 3326: 3320: 3318: 3312: 3311: 3309: 3308: 3303: 3298: 3297: 3296: 3286: 3281: 3275: 3273: 3267: 3266: 3264: 3263: 3258: 3253: 3252: 3251: 3244:UstaÅ”e Militia 3241: 3236: 3231: 3226: 3221: 3216: 3211: 3206: 3204:392nd Division 3201: 3199:373rd Division 3196: 3194:369th Division 3191: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3170: 3168: 3162: 3161: 3159: 3158: 3153: 3148: 3142: 3140: 3131: 3125: 3124: 3121: 3120: 3118: 3117: 3112: 3106: 3104: 3100: 3099: 3097: 3096: 3091: 3086: 3081: 3076: 3071: 3066: 3060: 3058: 3054: 3053: 3051: 3050: 3048:Novica Radović 3045: 3040: 3035: 3030: 3025: 3020: 3015: 3009: 3007: 3003: 3002: 3000: 2999: 2994: 2989: 2984: 2978: 2976: 2972: 2971: 2969: 2968: 2963: 2958: 2953: 2948: 2943: 2938: 2933: 2928: 2923: 2918: 2913: 2908: 2903: 2898: 2896:Nikola Kalabić 2893: 2888: 2883: 2878: 2873: 2868: 2863: 2858: 2853: 2851:Milan Aćimović 2847: 2845: 2841: 2840: 2838: 2837: 2832: 2827: 2822: 2820:Ivan TomaÅ”ević 2817: 2812: 2807: 2802: 2800:Slavko Å tancer 2797: 2792: 2787: 2785:Osman Rastoder 2782: 2777: 2772: 2770:Viktor Pavičić 2767: 2762: 2757: 2752: 2747: 2742: 2737: 2732: 2727: 2722: 2717: 2715:Ivica Matković 2712: 2707: 2705:Julije Makanec 2702: 2697: 2692: 2687: 2682: 2677: 2675:Dido Kvaternik 2672: 2667: 2662: 2660:Vladimir KoÅ”ak 2657: 2655:Božidar Kavran 2652: 2647: 2642: 2637: 2635:Jure Francetić 2632: 2627: 2622: 2617: 2612: 2607: 2602: 2597: 2592: 2586: 2584: 2581:Croatian & 2575: 2571: 2570: 2568: 2567: 2562: 2557: 2552: 2546: 2544: 2538: 2537: 2535: 2534: 2529: 2524: 2518: 2516: 2515:Puppet regimes 2512: 2511: 2500: 2499: 2492: 2485: 2477: 2471: 2470: 2464: 2449: 2440: 2434: 2415: 2409: 2389: 2383: 2370: 2348: 2342: 2324: 2318: 2305: 2299: 2286: 2280: 2267: 2235: 2229: 2216: 2210: 2197: 2191: 2174: 2168: 2155: 2149: 2134: 2128: 2110: 2109: 2103: 2102: 2100:, p. 511. 2098:Radanović 2016 2090: 2088:, p. 505. 2086:Radanović 2016 2078: 2076:, p. 505. 2066: 2062:Radanović 2016 2054: 2052:, p. 255. 2042: 2040:, p. 321. 2030: 2028:, p. 183. 2018: 2003: 2001:, p. 134. 1991: 1989:, p. 191. 1976: 1974:, p. 141. 1964: 1952: 1940: 1938:, p. 227. 1928: 1926:, p. 110. 1916: 1904: 1892: 1880: 1863: 1861:, p. 194. 1850: 1849: 1848: 1847: 1841: 1840: 1831: 1822: 1809: 1808: 1806: 1803: 1802: 1801: 1796: 1791: 1786: 1781: 1776: 1769: 1766: 1765: 1764: 1761: 1760: 1759: 1758:3 x Battalions 1753: 1752: 1751: 1750:3 x Battalions 1745: 1744: 1743: 1742:3 x Battalions 1735: 1732: 1731: 1730: 1729: 1728: 1722: 1721: 1720: 1714: 1713: 1712: 1706: 1705: 1704: 1698: 1697: 1696: 1688: 1685: 1683: 1680: 1679: 1678: 1675: 1672: 1669: 1666: 1663: 1660: 1655: 1652: 1651: 1650: 1647: 1644: 1641: 1638: 1633: 1630: 1628: 1625: 1617:death sentence 1563: 1562: 1469: 1467: 1460: 1454: 1451: 1236:and Bishop of 1121: 1120: 1035: 1033: 1026: 1020: 1017: 854: 853: 760: 758: 751: 745: 742: 736: 733: 661: 660: 575: 573: 566: 560: 557: 407:branch of the 361: 358: 357: 346: 340: 339: 335: 334: 329: 325: 324: 321: 317: 316: 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3215: 3212: 3210: 3209:Croatian Navy 3207: 3205: 3202: 3200: 3197: 3195: 3192: 3190: 3187: 3185: 3182: 3180: 3177: 3175: 3172: 3171: 3169: 3167: 3163: 3157: 3154: 3152: 3149: 3147: 3144: 3143: 3141: 3139: 3135: 3132: 3130:organizations 3126: 3116: 3113: 3111: 3110:Ivan Mihailov 3108: 3107: 3105: 3101: 3095: 3092: 3090: 3087: 3085: 3082: 3080: 3077: 3075: 3072: 3070: 3067: 3065: 3064:Gajur Deralla 3062: 3061: 3059: 3055: 3049: 3046: 3044: 3041: 3039: 3036: 3034: 3031: 3029: 3028:Pavle ĐuriÅ”ić 3026: 3024: 3023:Bajo StaniÅ”ić 3021: 3019: 3018:Krsto Popović 3016: 3014: 3011: 3010: 3008: 3004: 2998: 2995: 2993: 2990: 2988: 2985: 2983: 2982:Franc Frakelj 2980: 2979: 2977: 2973: 2967: 2964: 2962: 2959: 2957: 2954: 2952: 2949: 2947: 2946:Kosta Pećanac 2944: 2942: 2941:Mihailo Olćan 2939: 2937: 2934: 2932: 2929: 2927: 2926:Kosta MuÅ”icki 2924: 2922: 2919: 2917: 2914: 2912: 2909: 2907: 2904: 2902: 2899: 2897: 2894: 2892: 2891:Milan Kalabić 2889: 2887: 2884: 2882: 2881:Velibor Jonić 2879: 2877: 2874: 2872: 2871:Momčilo Đujić 2869: 2867: 2866:UroÅ” Drenović 2864: 2862: 2859: 2857: 2856:Petar Baćović 2854: 2852: 2849: 2848: 2846: 2842: 2836: 2835:Hasan Zvizdić 2833: 2831: 2828: 2826: 2823: 2821: 2818: 2816: 2813: 2811: 2808: 2806: 2803: 2801: 2798: 2796: 2793: 2791: 2788: 2786: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2775:Ismet Popovac 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2765:Stijepo Perić 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2751: 2748: 2746: 2743: 2741: 2738: 2736: 2733: 2731: 2730:Ademaga MeÅ”ić 2728: 2726: 2725:Josip Metzger 2723: 2721: 2718: 2716: 2713: 2711: 2710:Nikola Mandić 2708: 2706: 2703: 2701: 2700:Mihajlo Lukić 2698: 2696: 2693: 2691: 2688: 2686: 2685:Vladimir Laxa 2683: 2681: 2678: 2676: 2673: 2671: 2668: 2666: 2663: 2661: 2658: 2656: 2653: 2651: 2648: 2646: 2643: 2641: 2638: 2636: 2633: 2631: 2628: 2626: 2623: 2621: 2618: 2616: 2613: 2611: 2608: 2606: 2603: 2601: 2598: 2596: 2593: 2591: 2588: 2587: 2585: 2579: 2576: 2572: 2566: 2563: 2561: 2558: 2556: 2553: 2551: 2548: 2547: 2545: 2543:organizations 2539: 2533: 2530: 2528: 2525: 2523: 2520: 2519: 2517: 2513: 2509: 2505: 2504:Collaboration 2498: 2493: 2491: 2486: 2484: 2479: 2478: 2475: 2467: 2461: 2457: 2456: 2450: 2446: 2441: 2437: 2431: 2427: 2423: 2422: 2416: 2412: 2406: 2402: 2398: 2394: 2390: 2386: 2380: 2376: 2371: 2367: 2363: 2356: 2355: 2349: 2345: 2343:9781850654773 2339: 2335: 2334: 2329: 2325: 2321: 2319:0-912138-29-7 2315: 2311: 2306: 2302: 2296: 2292: 2287: 2283: 2277: 2273: 2268: 2257: 2253: 2249: 2245: 2241: 2236: 2232: 2226: 2222: 2217: 2213: 2207: 2203: 2198: 2194: 2188: 2184: 2180: 2175: 2171: 2165: 2161: 2156: 2152: 2146: 2142: 2141: 2135: 2131: 2125: 2121: 2117: 2112: 2111: 2107: 2106: 2099: 2094: 2087: 2082: 2075: 2070: 2063: 2058: 2051: 2046: 2039: 2034: 2027: 2022: 2015: 2010: 2008: 2000: 1995: 1988: 1983: 1981: 1973: 1968: 1961: 1956: 1950:, p. 80. 1949: 1944: 1937: 1932: 1925: 1920: 1914:, p. 28. 1913: 1908: 1902:, p. 84. 1901: 1896: 1889: 1884: 1878:, p. 21. 1877: 1872: 1870: 1868: 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