Balkan war history

Symbol of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar The Munity in Villefranche-de-Rourgeue is the name for the events that took place on September 17, 1943, in Villefranche-de-Rouge, a small town in occupied France when several members of the pioneer (engineering) battalion of the 13th SS "Handjar" division revolted against their German superiors, with the aim of joining the Allies or the French resistance movement. The rebellion was quickly and bloodily suppressed but after the war the inhabitants of the city celebrated the rebels as heroes and martyrs. After the disintegration of Yugoslavia, it was the subject of various interpretations and various theories about motives, goals, and organizers.  The original memorial to the "Yugoslav combatants" in Villefranche unveiled in 1952 The Handzar Division was a "volunteer" SS division whose majority were Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) from the territory that was then officially part of the NDH and f

The map shows the initial positions of the Axis forces and the Yugoslav Royal Army. 1939  August 26 The Cvetković-Maček Agreement created the Banovina of Croatia.  September 1 attack of Germany on Poland started World War II in Europe.  1940   On October 28, Italy launches an attack on Greece, and the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia declares itself neutral in that conflict.  1941  On March 25, Vlada Cvetković-Maček signed Yugoslavia to join the Triple Alliance.  A Japanese propaganda poster from 1938 -  Good friends from three countries March 27 After several days of demonstrations, the Yugoslav government is overthrown in a coup and a new one is set up under General Dusan Simovic.  April 5 The April war begins with an attack by German forces on the Yugoslav garrison in Djerdap.  April 6 Bombing of Belgrade. April 8 Bjelovar uprising against the Yugoslav authorities.  On April 10, German forces enter Zagreb, and Slavko Kvaternik declares the Independent State of Croatia. On Apr

  Stone Flower, a monument to the victims made by Bogdan Bogdanović. During World War II, there were dozens of concentration camps in the NDH. They were established and ruled by either the Ustashas or the Nazis or the Fascists. Some were death camps, some detention camps for prisoners and undesirable persons (partisans, communists, "racially undesirable persons"). After the defeat of the Axis powers, the camps were closed in 1945. The concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia are marked 1 through 40 on this map of concentration camps in Yugoslavia in World War II. The two camps in annexed territories are marked 54 and 55. Jasenovac concentration camp The Jasenovac camp was the largest death camp in the Independent State of Croatia, in entire occupied Yugoslavia and in the entire Balkans during the Second World War. In addition, it served as a concentration, labor, penitentiary, and prison camp. The system of Jasenovac concentration camps, located near the se

  Dakota C-47 aircraft (civilian variant DC-3) as a monument at the airport Medeno polje Bosanski Petrovac. After 1995, the plane destroyed by explosives and taken to scrap metal 23.02.1942 Under the leadership of a member of the Central Committee of the CPY, Moše Pijade, an auxiliary airport was established in the village of Njegovuđa (near Žabljak) in order to receive the promised aid from the USSR. Aerodrom Zabljak - poslijeratna slika Units of the Korduna Group of the Detachment People's Liberation Movement occupied Velika Kladuša (Western Bosnia). The Italian crew escaped towards Slunj. 23.02.1943 Battle of Neretva The Supreme Commander of the People's Liberation Army and the Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, ordered that the evacuation of the wounded from the Prozor valley be suspended due to the worsening situation in the area of G. Vakuf and Ivan- sedlo. A column of partisans in Prozor. Near the village of Repovac (near Konjic), German and

  8th Yugoslav Partisans' Corps in liberated Mostar, February 1945. 14.02.1942 ·          Three-day battles began in which the reinforced Home Guard 1st Cavalry Regiment from Sokolac broke into the besieged Rogatica, but parts of the Romanija People's Liberation Partisan detachment and the battalion-Bajo Pivljanin-Durmitor NOP detachment inflicted losses of143 soldiers and officers. ·          In the village of Orahovac (in the Bay of Kotor), the Cucko-Čeklić battalion of the Lovćen People's Liberation Partisan detachment and parts of the Orjen partisan battalion attacked and, after a day of fierce fighting, disarmed the Italian crew. Enemy losses: 16 killed and wounded and 47 captured. The partisans, who had 3 dead and 6 wounded fighters, seized: 60 rifles, 5 p. machine guns, a larger amount of ammunition, 1 revolver, and other miscellaneous equipment and supplies. ·          After several unsuccessful attempts to penetrate from Danilovgrad to Nikšić and unblock the

  The Yugoslav battlefield was one of the largest battlefields in the Kingdom of Italy in World War II. In 1943, there were at least 17 Italian divisions in the Italian occupation zone of Yugoslavia, which stretched along the wide Adriatic belt from Istria to Montenegro. The movement of the Italian bicycle column towards Sinj in 1941.   The main and only opponent of fascist Italy was the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia. The main local helpers of fascist Italy were the Chetniks, organized in Volunteer anti-communist militia ( Milizia Volontaria Anti Comunista MVAC ) formations, of which there were about 30,000 at the peak. MVAC unit emblem. It consists of a cockade in the colors of the Italian flag with a corpse's head and a knife between its teeth. The emblem was worn on the cap. Italian units   The following Italian units, among others, took part in the attack on Yugoslavia: Second Italian Army : 3rd Mountain Infantry Division Ravenna,  52nd Motorized Div