Yugoslav Partisans

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communist movement military organization resistance movement

The Yugoslav Partisans were a communist-led resistance movement in World War II that fought against Axis occupation and local collaborators across Yugoslavia, eventually emerging as the core of the postwar Yugoslav state.

Aliases (6)

National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia ×1
Slovene Partisans ×1
Yugoslav Partisan resistance ×1
Yugoslav Partisans (captured) ×1
Yugoslav Partisans (de facto resistance forces) ×1
Yugoslav resistance movement ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist movement → military organization → resistance movement →
activeInConflict	World War II →
alsoKnownAs	National Liberation Army of Yugoslavia → People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia →
country	Yugoslavia →
endTime	1945 →
followedBy	Yugoslav People's Army →
goal	establishment of a socialist Yugoslav state → liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation →
headquartersLocation	Jajce →
ideology	communism → socialism →
leader	Josip Broz Tito →
militaryBranch	Partisan detachments → Proletarian brigades → Shock divisions →
nativeName	Narodnooslobodilačka vojska Jugoslavije →
notableEvent	Battle of Neretva → Battle of Sutjeska → Belgrade Offensive → Second session of the AVNOJ →
opposedBy	Chetniks → Fascist Italy → Independent State of Croatia → Nazi Germany → Ustaše → domestic collaborators →
organizedAs	National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia →
partOf	Yugoslav resistance movement →
politicalWing	Communist Party of Yugoslavia →
precededBy	Chetnik-dominated resistance in Yugoslavia →
recognizedBy	Allied powers → Soviet Union → United Kingdom → United States →
result	emergence as core of postwar Yugoslav state → establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia →
startTime	1941 →
supportedBy	Allied air forces → British Special Operations Executive → Soviet Red Army →
territory	Bosnia and Herzegovina → Croatia → Macedonia → Montenegro → Serbia → Slovenia →
usedTactic	guerrilla warfare → mobile warfare →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
EAM (National Liberation Front) → National Liberation Front (EAM) →	alliedWith
European resistance movements → European resistance movements ("Slovene Partisans") →	included
Domobranstvo → Independent State of Croatia →	opposedBy
Chetniks → Ustaše Militia →	opposedTo
Albanian resistance → Yugoslav military court →	relatedTo
SVT-40 → Sturmgewehr 44 ("Yugoslav Partisans (captured)") →	usedBy
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front →	cooperatedWith
Federal State of Croatia →	establishedBy
Royal Yugoslav Army →	followedBy
Balkan theatre of World War II →	hasParticipant
Albanian resistance →	influencedBy
Jasenovac concentration camp →	liberatedBy
Yugoslav Partisans ("National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia") →	organizedAs
Josip Broz Tito ("Yugoslav Partisan resistance") →	participatedIn
Yugoslav Partisans ("Yugoslav resistance movement") →	partOf
Croatian Air Force (WWII) →	primaryEnemy
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia ("Yugoslav Partisans (de facto resistance forces)") →	successor
Chetniks →	supportShiftedTo
Jasenovac concentration camp →	victim