HUMAN LOSSES DURING WORLD WAR II
HUMAN LOSSES DURING WORLD WAR II

Author(s): Marica Karakas Obradov, Martina Grahek Ravančić, Vladimir Geiger, Zdenko Radelić
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Government/Political systems, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), History of Communism, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: World War II; human losses; Yugoslavia; Croatia; NDH army; Jasenovac camp; People's Liberation Army;
Summary/Abstract: The duration and intensity of warfare in Yugoslavia and the Independent State of Croatia, the presence of significant occupation forces of the German Reich, Italy, and Hungary, and the activities of NDH Army, the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (the Chetniks), and the People’s Liberation Army and the Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia / Yugoslav Army resulted in direct conflicts between the warring parties, which led to severe human losses among the soldiers and civilians alike. The irreconcilable ideologies and political and military interests in the armed conflict and the civil war multiplied the casulaties.

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