Chetniks

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Serbian nationalist movement guerrilla movement paramilitary organization royalist movement

The Chetniks were a Serbian royalist and nationalist guerrilla movement in Yugoslavia during World War II, known for initially resisting Axis occupation but also engaging in collaboration and committing atrocities, particularly against non-Serb populations.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Chetniks canonical 17
Chetnik movement 4
Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Serbian nationalist movement ⓘ
guerrilla movement ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
royalist movement ⓘ
accusedOf ethnic cleansing ⓘ
massacres of non-Serb civilians ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
allegiance Yugoslav government-in-exile ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (JVuO) ⓘ
classifiedAs collaborationist movement by many historians ⓘ
collaboratedWith German occupation authorities ⓘ
Italian occupation authorities ⓘ
Ljotić’s Serbian Volunteer Corps ⓘ
Milan Nedić ⓘ
surface form: Nedić regime

Ustaše Militia ⓘ
surface form: Ustaše forces
commander Draža Mihailović ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
endTime 1945 ⓘ
ethnicOrientation Serb ⓘ
foundedBy Draža Mihailović ⓘ
ideology Serbian nationalism ⓘ
Yugoslavism ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
monarchism ⓘ
leader Draža Mihailović ⓘ
legacy highly controversial in former Yugoslavia ⓘ
motto For King and Country ⓘ
surface form: For King and Fatherland

With Faith in God, for King and Fatherland ⓘ
namedAfter Serbian Chetnik tradition from the late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
notableEvent Foča massacres ⓘ
Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) ⓘ
Višegrad massacres ⓘ
operatingArea Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Dalmatia ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
Sandžak ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
opposedTo Axis powers ⓘ
Communist Party of Yugoslavia ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
partOf Yugoslav Army in the Homeland ⓘ
politicalPosition right-wing ⓘ
recognizedBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers (early in World War II)
religiousOrientation Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
startTime 1941 ⓘ
supportShiftedTo Yugoslav Partisans ⓘ
supportWithdrawnBy United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
symbol skull-and-crossbones flag with cross and four Cyrillic S letters ⓘ
targetedGroup Bosniak civilians ⓘ
Croat civilians ⓘ
Muslim population in Bosnia and Sandžak ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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

Independent State of Croatia → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Domobranstvo → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Yugoslav Partisans → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Ustaše Militia → opposedTo → Chetniks ⓘ
Royal Yugoslav Army → followedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia → successor → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement (royalist resistance)
Balkan theatre of World War II → hasParticipant → Chetniks ⓘ
Macedonian Struggle → involvesOrganization → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serbian Chetnik Organization
Macedonian Struggle → involves → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Serbian Chetniks
Communist Party of Yugoslavia → opposed → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement
Handschar Division → engagedAgainst → Chetniks ⓘ
Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Ministry of Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia → countryInConflictWith → Chetniks ⓘ
Draža Mihailović → movement → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland → alsoKnownAs → Chetniks ⓘ
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland → alsoKnownAs → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yugoslav Chetnik movement
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland → partOf → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yugoslav royalist movement
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland → hasBranch → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik detachments
Yugoslav government-in-exile → supported → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement (initially)
Ljotić’s Serbian Volunteer Corps → opponent → Chetniks ⓘ
Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) → supportedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Halyard
this entity surface form: Serbian resistance forces
Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) → supportedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Halyard
this entity surface form: Yugoslav Chetniks
Operation Halyard (rescue of Allied airmen) → supportedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation Halyard
this entity surface form: Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (JVuO) → alsoKnownAs → Chetniks ⓘ
subject surface form: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland (JVuO) → foundedAs → Chetniks ⓘ
subject surface form: Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
this entity surface form: Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army
People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Proletarian brigades → opposedTo → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik forces
Shock divisions → opponent → Chetniks ⓘ
Battle of Neretva → belligerent → Chetniks ⓘ
Battle of Neretva → hasParticipant → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik detachments
Battle of Sutjeska → opponent → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montenegrin Chetniks
Battle of Sutjeska → belligerent → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik forces
Croatian Home Guard → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ
Axis-occupied Yugoslavia → countryInvolved → Chetniks ⓘ
Axis-occupied Yugoslavia → resistanceMovement → Chetniks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chetnik movement
Yugoslav Partisan uprising → opposedBy → Chetniks ⓘ