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.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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