Yugoslav Partisans
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defunct Communist-led Yugoslav resistance against the Axis in WWII (1941-1945)
Key facts
- Dates of operation
- 1941–1945
- Allegiance
- Communist Party of Yugoslavia , Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
- Headquarters
- Mobile, attached to the Main Operational Group
- Ideology
- Anti-fascism Anti-nationalism Communism Socialism Marxism–Leninism National liberation Pan-Slavism Pro- Soviet Union Republicanism Yugoslav federalism
- Political position
- Left wing to Far-left
- Size
- 80,000–800,000 ( see below )
- Allies
- Allies of World War II Soviet Union United Kingdom United States Former Axis powers: Bulgaria (1944–45) Romania (1944–45) Other Allied factions: National Liberation Movement (Albania) Chetniks (until October, 1941) Other Allied support: Yugoslav government-in-exile (1944–45, de jure )
- Battles and wars
- Montenegrin uprising , Srb uprising , Battle of Serbia , Užice Republic , Bihać Republic , Battle of Neretva , Battle of Sutjeska , Battle of Kozara , Raid on Drvar , Battle of Belgrade , Syrmian Front , Trieste operation , Battle of Odžak , (most notable)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Stjepan Stevo Filipović.jpg
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- native label
- Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије
- inception
- 1941-06-22
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-03-01
- Commons category
- Partisans of Yugoslavia
- member count
- 800000
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The Yugoslav Partisans, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (often shortened as the National Liberation Army) was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Led by Josip Broz Tito, the Partisans were Europe's most effective anti-Axis resistance movement during World War II.
Primarily a guerrilla force at its inception, the Partisans developed into a large fighting force engaging in conventional warfare later in the war, numbering around 650,000 in late 1944 and organized in four field armies and 52 divisions. The main stated objectives of the Partisans were the liberation of Yugoslav lands from occupying forces and the establishment of a communist-ruled Yugoslav state.