Yugoslav Army in the Homeland

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The Yugoslav Army in the Homeland was a royalist, Serbian-dominated resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II, commonly known as the Chetniks and led by Draža Mihailović.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf guerrilla movement
military organization
resistance movement
abbreviation JVUO
accusedOf collaboration with Axis forces in some areas
war crimes against non-Serb civilians
alsoKnownAs Chetniks
Chetniks
surface form: Yugoslav Chetnik movement
areaOfOperations Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dalmatia
Lika
Montenegro
Sandžak
Serbia
Slovenia
commander Draža Mihailović
conflict World War II
Balkan theatre of World War II
surface form: World War II in Yugoslavia
country Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
dissolved 1945
ethnicComposition Serb-dominated
formed 1941
hasBranch Chetniks
surface form: Chetnik detachments
historicalAssessment controversial due to mixture of resistance and collaboration
ideology Serbian nationalism
monarchism
royalism
laterReplacedBy Yugoslav Partisans as recognized Allied partner
leader Draža Mihailović
loyalty Peter II of Yugoslavia
surface form: King Peter II of Yugoslavia

Yugoslav government-in-exile
motto For King and Fatherland
nativeName Yugoslav Army in the Homeland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Југословенска војска у отаџбини
notableCommander Kosta Pećanac
Momčilo Đujić
Pavle Đurišić
opposedTo Axis occupation forces in Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Partisans
communism
partOf Chetniks
surface form: Yugoslav royalist movement
politicalAlignment anti-communist
pro-Allied (initially)
primaryEnemy Independent State of Croatia
surface form: Independent State of Croatia (NDH)

Yugoslav Partisans
recognizedBy Allied forces
surface form: Allied powers (early in the war)
religiousAffiliation Serbian Orthodox majority
symbol Serbian tricolour flag with royalist symbols
usedTactics guerrilla warfare
sabotage

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Chetniks partOf Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
Draža Mihailović movement Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
this entity surface form: Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland nativeName Yugoslav Army in the Homeland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Југословенска војска у отаџбини