Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
allegiance Yugoslav monarchy
alsoKnownAs Royal Yugoslav Army
Yugoslav Royal Army
linked to: Royal Yugoslav Army
commanderInChief King of Yugoslavia
conflict Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941)
World War I aftermath
World War II
interwar period conflicts
country Kingdom of Yugoslavia
doctrine French military doctrine influence
Serbian military tradition
endCause Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
endTime 1941
formedFrom Austro-Hungarian Air Service South Slavic personnel
Austro-Hungarian Army South Slavic units
Austro-Hungarian Navy South Slavic personnel
Montenegrin Army remnants
Royal Serbian Army
linked to: Serbian Army
garrison Belgrade
hasBranch Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Royal Yugoslav Air Force
Royal Yugoslav Army (land forces)
linked to: Royal Yugoslav Army

Royal Yugoslav Navy
headquarters Belgrade
notableCommander Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Peter I of Serbia
Peter II of Yugoslavia
partOf state apparatus of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
primaryLanguage Serbo-Croatian
religion Islam minority
Roman Catholic minority
predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christianity
role defense of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
maintenance of internal order
serviceType conscription
professional officers corps
size several hundred thousand personnel at mobilization in 1941
startTime 1918
creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
status defunct
successor Chetnik movement (royalist resistance)
linked to: Chetniks

Yugoslav Partisans (de facto resistance forces)
linked to: Yugoslav Partisans
usedBy Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
linked to: Yugoslavia

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Referenced by (6)

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

Yugoslav Royal Air Force serviceBranchOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 involved Yugoslav General Staff
linked to: Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Royal Yugoslav Army partOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Royal Yugoslav Navy partOf Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces
linked to: Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia partOf armed forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
linked to: Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia cooperatedWith Yugoslav Army
linked to: Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia