Dimitrije Ljotić and World War II
Dimitrije Ljotić and World War II

Summary/Abstract: Based on memoirs, historiographical works and archival sources, the article deals with the role of the contraversial right-wing politician and the leader of the Zbor movement during WWII. His ideology and its changes before the war were depicted in order to present his wartime activities. Under occupation he became one of the leading and most influential collaborationists and the only one to wield his own armed forces. Although small they played significant role in struggle for power and against the communist-led partisans. The wartime conditions forced him to relinquish some of his lofty principles. It is shown how he remained true to his strongest convictions until the end: Yugoslavism and anti-Semitism.

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