Chetniks

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The Chetniks were a Serbian royalist and nationalist guerrilla movement in Yugoslavia during World War II, known for initially resisting Axis occupation but also engaging in collaboration and committing atrocities, particularly against non-Serb populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian nationalist movement
guerrilla movement
paramilitary organization
royalist movement
accusedOf ethnic cleansing
massacres of non-Serb civilians
war crimes
allegiance Yugoslav government-in-exile
alsoKnownAs Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (JVuO)
classifiedAs collaborationist movement by many historians
collaboratedWith German occupation authorities
Italian occupation authorities
Ljotić’s Serbian Volunteer Corps
Nedić regime
linked to: Milan Nedić

Ustaše forces
linked to: Ustaše Militia
commander Draža Mihailović
conflict World War II
country Kingdom of Yugoslavia
linked to: Yugoslavia
endTime 1945
ethnicOrientation Serb
foundedBy Draža Mihailović
ideology Serbian nationalism
Yugoslavism
anti-communism
monarchism
leader Draža Mihailović
legacy highly controversial in former Yugoslavia
motto For King and Fatherland
With Faith in God, for King and Fatherland
namedAfter Serbian Chetnik tradition from the late 19th and early 20th centuries
notableEvent Foča massacres
Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen)
Višegrad massacres
operatingArea Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Dalmatia
Montenegro
Sandžak
Serbia
Slovenia
opposedTo Axis powers
Communist Party of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Partisans
partOf Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
politicalPosition right-wing
recognizedBy Allied powers (early in World War II)
religiousOrientation Eastern Orthodoxy
startTime 1941
supportShiftedTo Yugoslav Partisans
supportWithdrawnBy United Kingdom
United States
symbol skull-and-crossbones flag with cross and four Cyrillic S letters
targetedGroup Bosniak civilians
Croat civilians
Muslim population in Bosnia and Sandžak

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Domobranstvo opposedBy Chetniks
Yugoslav Partisans opposedBy Chetniks
Ustaše Militia opposedTo Chetniks
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia successor Chetnik movement (royalist resistance)
linked to: Chetniks
Macedonian Struggle involvesOrganization Serbian Chetnik Organization
linked to: Chetniks
Macedonian Struggle involves Serbian Chetniks
linked to: Chetniks
Communist Party of Yugoslavia opposed Chetnik movement
linked to: Chetniks
Draža Mihailović movement Chetnik movement
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland alsoKnownAs Yugoslav Chetnik movement
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland partOf Yugoslav royalist movement
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland hasBranch Chetnik detachments
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav government-in-exile supported Chetnik movement (initially)
linked to: Chetniks
Operation Halyard supportedBy Serbian resistance forces
linked to: Chetniks
Operation Halyard supportedBy Yugoslav Chetniks
linked to: Chetniks
Operation Halyard supportedBy Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland alsoKnownAs Chetnik movement
linked to: Chetniks
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland foundedAs Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army
linked to: Chetniks
Proletarian brigades opposedTo Chetnik forces
linked to: Chetniks
Shock divisions opponent Chetniks
Battle of Neretva belligerent Chetniks
Battle of Neretva hasParticipant Chetnik detachments
linked to: Chetniks
Battle of Sutjeska opponent Montenegrin Chetniks
linked to: Chetniks
Battle of Sutjeska belligerent Chetnik forces
linked to: Chetniks
Croatian Home Guard opposedBy Chetniks
Axis-occupied Yugoslavia resistanceMovement Chetnik movement
linked to: Chetniks