DOPRINOS SRPSKOG I CRNOGORSKOG NARODA POBJEDI
NAD FAŠIZMOM
THE PART OF THE SERBIAN AND MONTENEGRIN PEOPLE IN THE VICTORY OVER FASCISM
Author(s): Slavko VukčevićSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Yugoslavia; Fascism; Serbs; Montenegrin; fight against fascism; WWII;
Summary/Abstract: The Serbian and Montenegrin people had a substantial part in the victory over fascism. Their mass participation and fighting in the Yugoslav war of liberation prevented the powers of the Axis from carrying out operational and strategic plans to create a peaceful base of the Balkans, from which attacks would be directed towards the Mediterranean region, the Middle East and the eastern front. At a time when Nezavisna Država Hrvatska joined the fight against the Soviet Union and declared war against England and the United States of America, German and Italian commands were forced to transfer additional troops from Albania, Greece, France and the eastern front in order to quench the uprisings in Serbia and Montenegro, and prevent the opening of a new war zone in the Balkans. During the four years of war, from 1941 to 1945, the Yugoslav Army of Liberation was formed, primarily made up of soldiers from Serbian regions (Serbia, Montenegro, Lika, Kordun, Banija, Bosanska Krajina, Herzegovina, Slavonija). This army held 30 to 55 fascist divisions bound in battle and caused them great human and material losses.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 1995
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 7-16
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Serbian