Domobranstvo

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Domobranstvo was the regular army of the World War II-era Independent State of Croatia, serving as its primary land force alongside the Ustaše militia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Domobranstvo canonical 1
Domobranstvo (Home Guard) 1

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military organization
alignedWith Fascist Italy
Nazi Germany
allegiance Axis powers
surface form: Axis Powers
alsoKnownAs Croatian Home Guard
branch land forces
commandLanguage Croatian
conflict World War II
country Independent State of Croatia
countryPredecessor Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
disbandedIn 1945
distinctFrom Ustaše Militia
surface form: Ustaše militia
engagedIn anti-Partisan operations
internal security operations
establishedIn 1941
garrisonLocation Zagreb
ideologicalContext Axis-aligned state
languageOfName Croatian
operatedIn Independent State of Croatia
opposedBy Chetniks
Yugoslav Partisans
parallelTo Ustaše Militia
surface form: Ustaše militia
partOf Ministry of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia
surface form: Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia
politicalContext fascist puppet state
recruitmentBasis Bosnian Muslim population
Croat population
conscription
role primary land force of the Independent State of Croatia
regular army of the Independent State of Croatia
subordinateTo Ministry of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia
successor Yugoslav People’s Army (in territory control)
theaterOfOperations Balkans
Independent State of Croatia
surface form: Territory of the Independent State of Croatia
timePeriod 1941–1945

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NDH securityForces Domobranstvo
this entity surface form: Domobranstvo (Home Guard)