Chetniks
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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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chetnik movement (royalist resistance) | 1 |
| Serbian Chetnik Organization | 1 |
| Serbian Chetniks | 1 |
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 (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Serbian Chetniks
this entity surface form:
Serbian Chetnik Organization
this entity surface form:
Chetnik movement (royalist resistance)