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Yugoslav Partisans

defunct Communist-led Yugoslav resistance against the Axis in WWII (1941-1945)
Organization resistance_movement Q155198
Yugoslav Partisans
Probably Slobodanka Vasić [2] · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
resistance movement, guerrilla organization[3]
Inception
June 22, 1941[7]
Country
Yugoslavia[2]
Part of
World War II in Yugoslavia[4]
Different from
People's Liberation Army[28]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
March 1, 1945[8]
Has part(s)
Slovene Partisans, Macedonian Partisans[5][6]
Member count
+600000, +800000[29][30]
Native label
Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije, Народноослободителна војска и партизански одреди на Југославија, Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije[24][25][26][27]
Operating area
Yugoslavia[31]
Participated in conflict
World War II in Yugoslavia[9]
Political alignment
left-wing[23]
Political ideology
anti-fascism, Marxism–Leninism, Yugoslavism[19][20][21]
Replaced by
Yugoslav People's Army[22]
Serbo-Croatian preferred project code
sh[32]
Significant event
Case White, Battle of the Sutjeska, Uprising in Montenegro, Uprising in Serbia, Uprising in Independent State of Croatia, Battle of Serbia, Syrmian Front, Kozara Offensive, Battle of Neretva[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en NOVJ en Yugoslav Partisans en NOV i POJ en NOViPOJ ar بارتيزان يوغسلاف ar جيش التحرير الوطني ومفرزة بارتيزان يوغوسلافيا cs Jugoslávští partyzáni cs Národněosvobozenecká vojska a partyzánské oddíly Jugoslávie cs NOV i POJ da Jugoslaviske partisaner de Titopartisanen de Jugoslawische Partisanen de Narodnooslobodilačka borba de Volksbefreiungsarmee Jugoslawiens de Narodnooslobodilačka vojska de Jugoslawische Volksbefreiungsarmee de Tito-Partisanen de Narodno-oslobodilačka borba el Γιουγκοσλάβοι Παρτιζάνοι es Ejercito Popular de Liberacion y Destacamentos Partisanos de Yugoslavia
🔖 Identifiers · 11
ISNI
0000000107679704
VIAF cluster ID
146139144
Library of Congress authority ID
n79100650
GND ID
4465122-3
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Partisan-Yugoslavian-military-force
Freebase ID
/m/047d0_
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007270261205171
Quora topic ID
Yugoslav-Partisans
Topic's main category
Category:Yugoslav Partisans
WikiKids ID
Joegoslavische_partizanen
Yale LUX ID
group/9db4f0ae-a39d-4aa7-a145-48a3bb1ec5a6
🔗 Connections
← Military branch 28
Josip Broz Tito, Milka Planinc, Lepa Radić, Josip Manolić, Koča Popović, Arso Jovanović, Marija Bursać, Petar Drapšin +20 more
← Allegiance 13
Sava Kovačević, Ivan Milutinović, Boško Buha, Estreya Ovadya, Blažo Jovanović, Moma Marković, Vladimir Perić Valter, Dara Dragišić +5 more
Has these parts 10
Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, Slovene Partisans, 6th Division, 14th Slovenia Division, 2nd Dalmatian Proletarian Assault Brigade, Macedonian Partisans, 1st Istrian Brigade Vladimir Gortan, 37th Division (Yugoslav Partisans) +2 more
Participated in 7
Eastern Front, Belgrade offensive, World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia, Seven Enemy Offensives, Adriatic Campaign of World War II, Operation Alfa, Uprising in Serbia
Significant event 6
Battle of Neretva, Battle of the Sutjeska, Syrmian Front, Uprising in Montenegro, Kozara Offensive, Uprising in Serbia
← Member of 4
Stana Tomašević, Albina Mali, Stevan Mirković, Vukica Mitrović
Political ideology 3
Marxism–Leninism, anti-fascism, Yugoslavism
Has part(s) 2
Slovene Partisans, Macedonian Partisans
← Category combines topics 2
Category:Partisan films, Category:Military units and formations of the Yugoslav Partisans
← Category's main topic 2
Category:Yugoslav Partisans, Category:Yugoslav Resistance
← Different from 2
Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, People's Liberation Army
← Participated in conflict 2
Nikola Ljubičić, Ivan Nikitich Kononov
← Perpetrator 2
Foibe massacres, Kočevski Rog massacre
Country 1
Yugoslavia
Different from 1
People's Liberation Army
Instance of 1
resistance movement
Named after 1
Partisan Choir
Operating area 1
Yugoslavia
Part of 1
World War II in Yugoslavia
Participated in conflict 1
World War II in Yugoslavia
Political alignment 1
left-wing
Replaced by 1
Yugoslav People's Army
Topic's main category 1
Category:Yugoslav Partisans
← Enemy 1
Ustaše
← Facet of 1
women in the Yugoslav Partisans
← Has effect 1
Operation Prijedor
← Main subject 1
Pokrajina št. 2
← Occupation 1
Bajram Šabani
← Replaces 1
Yugoslav People's Army
← SNARC ID 1
Côr Ysgol Y Graig Llangefni
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Summary

Yugoslav Partisans is a resistance movement[1].

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Yugoslav Partisans include Partisan Choir[33], a choir[34], in Slovenia[35], founded in 1944[36].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Partisan Choir[33], a choir[34], in Slovenia[35], founded in 1944[36].

Related Entities

Côr Ysgol Y Graig Llangefni Josip Broz Tito Lepa Radić Milka Planinc Partisan Choir Yugoslavia

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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