Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia were the unified military forces of the Yugoslav monarchy that defended the state and its interests between World War I and World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
allegiance Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Yugoslav monarchy
alsoKnownAs Royal Yugoslav Army
Royal Yugoslav Army
surface form: Yugoslav Royal Army
commanderInChief King of Yugoslavia
conflict German invasion of Yugoslavia
surface form: Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941)

World War I aftermath
World War II
interwar period conflicts
country Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
doctrine French military doctrine influence
Serbian military tradition
endCause Axis invasion of Yugoslavia
endTime 1941
formedFrom Austro-Hungarian Air Service South Slavic personnel
Austro-Hungarian Army
surface form: Austro-Hungarian Army South Slavic units

Austro-Hungarian Navy South Slavic personnel
Montenegrin Army remnants
Serbian Army
surface form: Royal Serbian Army
garrison Belgrade
hasBranch Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Royal Air Force
surface form: Royal Yugoslav Air Force

Royal Yugoslav Army
surface form: Royal Yugoslav Army (land forces)

Royal Yugoslav Navy
headquarters Belgrade
notableCommander Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Peter I of Serbia
Peter II of Yugoslavia
partOf state apparatus of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
primaryLanguage Serbo-Croatian
religion Islam minority
Roman Catholic minority
predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christianity
role German invasion of Yugoslavia
surface form: defense of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

maintenance of internal order
serviceType conscription
professional officers corps
size several hundred thousand personnel at mobilization in 1941
startTime 1918
creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
status defunct
successor Chetniks
surface form: Chetnik movement (royalist resistance)

Yugoslav Partisans
surface form: Yugoslav Partisans (de facto resistance forces)
usedBy Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Yugoslavia
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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

Yugoslav Royal Air Force serviceBranchOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 involved Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: Yugoslav General Staff
Royal Yugoslav Army partOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Royal Yugoslav Navy partOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces
Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia partOf Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: armed forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia cooperatedWith Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
this entity surface form: Yugoslav Army