Croatian Air Force (WWII)

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military air force military unit

The Croatian Air Force (WWII) was the air arm of the Axis-aligned Independent State of Croatia, operating German and Italian aircraft in support of Axis military operations on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military air force →
military unit →
allegiance Independent State of Croatia →
associatedWithRegime Ustaše →
collaboratedWith Fascist Italy →
Nazi Germany →
conflict Second World War →
country Independent State of Croatia →
countrySucceededBy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia →
disestablishedIn 1945 →
engagedIn air operations on the Eastern Front →
anti-partisan operations in the Balkans →
formedDuring Axis occupation of Yugoslavia →
government Independent State of Croatia →
historicalRegion Balkans →
Southeast Europe →
ideology Croatian ultranationalism →
fascism →
languageOfCommand Croatian →
operationalTheater Balkans →
Eastern Front →
participatedIn Axis counter-insurgency operations in Yugoslavia →
German-led campaigns against the Soviet Union →
partOf Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia →
primaryEnemy Allied air forces →
Soviet Union →
Yugoslav Partisans →
role air support →
fighter operations →
ground attack →
reconnaissance →
sideInConflict Axis Powers →
status defunct →
supported German Wehrmacht →
Luftwaffe →
timePeriod 1941–1945 →
typeOfUnit Axis co-belligerent air force →
usedAircraftFrom Germany →
Italy →
usedAircraftType bomber aircraft →
fighter aircraft →
trainer aircraft →
transport aircraft →
wasSubordinateTo Croatian Ministry of Armed Forces →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bristol Blenheim ("Croatian Air Force Legion") →
Dornier Do 17 →
Fiat G.50 Freccia ("Croatian Air Force (NDH)") →
usedBy
Fiat CR.42 Falco →
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