Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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armed forces military organization

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.

Aliases (1)

Yugoslav General Staff ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces → military organization →
allegiance	Yugoslav monarchy →
alsoKnownAs	Royal Yugoslav Army → Yugoslav Royal Army →
commanderInChief	King of Yugoslavia →
conflict	Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) → World War I aftermath → World War II → interwar period conflicts →
country	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 South Slavic units → Austro-Hungarian Navy South Slavic personnel → Montenegrin Army remnants → Royal Serbian Army →
garrison	Belgrade →
hasBranch	Gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia → Royal Yugoslav Air Force → 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	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	Chetnik movement (royalist resistance) → Yugoslav Partisans (de facto resistance forces) →
usedBy	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes → Kingdom of Yugoslavia →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Yugoslav military coup of 27 March 1941 ("Yugoslav General Staff") →	involved
Royal Yugoslav Army →	partOf
Yugoslav Royal Air Force →	serviceBranchOf