Yugoslav Army in the Homeland

E254197

guerrilla movement military organization resistance movement

The Yugoslav Army in the Homeland was a royalist, Serbian-dominated resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II, commonly known as the Chetniks and led by Draža Mihailović.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland	1
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland canonical	1
Југословенска војска у отаџбини	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2291424 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
Context triple: [Chetniks, partOf, Yugoslav Army in the Homeland]

A. State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was a short-lived South Slavic state established in 1918 from former Austro-Hungarian territories, which soon united with the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).
B. Operation Storm
Operation Storm was a major 1995 Croatian military offensive that decisively defeated rebel Serb forces in Croatia and helped bring the Yugoslav Wars toward their end.
C. Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state terrorism in Argentina (roughly 1976–1983) during which the military dictatorship carried out widespread kidnappings, torture, and forced disappearances of suspected political opponents.
D. 26th of July Corridor
The 26th of July Corridor is a major arterial highway in the Greater Cairo area of Egypt, linking central Cairo with 6th of October City and other western suburbs.
E. Siege of Sarajevo
The Siege of Sarajevo was a prolonged and devastating military blockade of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital from 1992 to 1996, marked by intense shelling, sniper attacks, and severe civilian suffering during the Bosnian War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
Target entity description: The Yugoslav Army in the Homeland was a royalist, Serbian-dominated resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II, commonly known as the Chetniks and led by Draža Mihailović.

A. State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was a short-lived South Slavic state established in 1918 from former Austro-Hungarian territories, which soon united with the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).
B. Operation Storm
Operation Storm was a major 1995 Croatian military offensive that decisively defeated rebel Serb forces in Croatia and helped bring the Yugoslav Wars toward their end.
C. Dirty War
The Dirty War was a period of state terrorism in Argentina (roughly 1976–1983) during which the military dictatorship carried out widespread kidnappings, torture, and forced disappearances of suspected political opponents.
D. 26th of July Corridor
The 26th of July Corridor is a major arterial highway in the Greater Cairo area of Egypt, linking central Cairo with 6th of October City and other western suburbs.
E. Siege of Sarajevo
The Siege of Sarajevo was a prolonged and devastating military blockade of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital from 1992 to 1996, marked by intense shelling, sniper attacks, and severe civilian suffering during the Bosnian War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guerrilla movement ⓘ military organization ⓘ resistance movement ⓘ
abbreviation	JVUO ⓘ
accusedOf	collaboration with Axis forces in some areas ⓘ war crimes against non-Serb civilians ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chetniks ⓘ Yugoslav Chetnik movement ⓘ linked to: Chetniks
areaOfOperations	Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ Dalmatia ⓘ Lika ⓘ Montenegro ⓘ Sandžak ⓘ Serbia ⓘ Slovenia ⓘ
commander	Draža Mihailović ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ World War II in Yugoslavia ⓘ linked to: Balkan theatre of World War II
country	Kingdom of Yugoslavia ⓘ linked to: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Serb-dominated ⓘ
formed	1941 ⓘ
hasBranch	Chetnik detachments ⓘ linked to: Chetniks
historicalAssessment	controversial due to mixture of resistance and collaboration ⓘ
ideology	Serbian nationalism ⓘ monarchism ⓘ royalism ⓘ
laterReplacedBy	Yugoslav Partisans as recognized Allied partner ⓘ
leader	Draža Mihailović ⓘ
loyalty	King Peter II of Yugoslavia ⓘ linked to: Peter II of Yugoslavia Yugoslav government-in-exile ⓘ
motto	For King and Fatherland ⓘ
nativeName	Југословенска војска у отаџбини ⓘ linked to: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
notableCommander	Kosta Pećanac ⓘ Momčilo Đujić ⓘ Pavle Đurišić ⓘ
opposedTo	Axis occupation forces in Yugoslavia ⓘ Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ communism ⓘ
partOf	Yugoslav royalist movement ⓘ linked to: Chetniks
politicalAlignment	anti-communist ⓘ pro-Allied (initially) ⓘ
primaryEnemy	Independent State of Croatia (NDH) ⓘ linked to: Independent State of Croatia Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
recognizedBy	Allied powers (early in the war) ⓘ linked to: Allied forces
religiousAffiliation	Serbian Orthodox majority ⓘ
symbol	Serbian tricolour flag with royalist symbols ⓘ
usedTactics	guerrilla warfare ⓘ sabotage ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chetniks → partOf → Yugoslav Army in the Homeland ⓘ

Draža Mihailović → movement → Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland ⓘ

linked to: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland

Yugoslav Army in the Homeland → nativeName → Југословенска војска у отаџбини ⓘ