О UZROCIMA IZBIJANJA GRAĐANSKOG RATA U SRBIJI
1941. GODINE
ON THE CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR IN SERBIA IN 1941
Author(s): Kosta NikolićSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Institut za savremenu istoriju, Beograd
Keywords: Serbia; civil war; 1941; causes; CPY; Chetnik movement;
Summary/Abstract: Civil war broke out in Serbia as a result of ideological, political and military differences between the national liberation movement (Communist Party of Yugoslavia) and the četnik movement (Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland), the latter headed by D. Mihailović. The conflict came at a moment when a large portion of territory had been liberated and the German command was preparing to retaliate by quenching the resistance. The coexistence and military cooperation of partisans and četniks was clouded by many misunderstandings and incidents from the start, and the outbreak of open hostility came as a logical consequence. Their conflict quickened and facilitated the crushing of the uprising, irreconcilably divided the two movements and prevented any cooperation between them until the end of the war, quickly spreading to other Serbian regions and leaving harsh consequences in both the number of civil and military victims and in the consciousness of the Serbian people by creating lasting ideological differences.
Journal: Istorija 20. veka
- Issue Year: 1995
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-58
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Serbian