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STATISTICAL INDICATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF MILITARY UNITS IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF CROATIA 1941-1945
Zdravko Dizdar
; Hrvatski institut za povijest, Zagreb, Hrvatska
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A number of military units were active on the territory of the Independent State of Croatia (ISC). Since the end of 1941 there were, in the operational sense, on one side the armed forces of ISC, Germans, Italians and chetniks, and on the other side partisans. Numerical ratio changed depending on the events in the field and the International situation. The armed forces of the ISC were repeatedly trained and getting more numerous. Until the middle of 1944 their number exceeded the chetniks and partisans together, which jeopardized ISC. The forces of ISC were dependent on Germans, and until 1943 on Italians too. German and Italian units were getting stronger, but they were not supported by the local population. Italian units supported the chetniks, thus provoking strong resistance pf the population, who in the so-called Italian zones joined the partisans. Chetniks were also supported by Germans, chetniks from Serbia and Montenegro, and the government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Near the end of the war, chetniks went over to the partisans in great number because of loss of support by the Germans and Italians. Partisans, making use of the enemy's mistakes, got stronger and stronger-. The partisan predominance was realized only when the countries of the antifascist coalition decided to support Josip Broz Tito, the communist-partisan leader. Since the autumn of 1944 partisans got abundant military and political support which helped them win the war.
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213912
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Datum izdavanja:
4.10.1996.
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