‘HRVATSKA SELJAČKA ZAŠTITA’ I ‘HRVATSKA GRAĐANSKA GARDA’ – POLUVOJNE ORGANIZACIJE HRVATSKE SELJAČKE STRANKE
THE CROAT PEASANT DEFENCE AND THE CROAT NATIONAL GUARD - THE TWO HALF-MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE CROAT PEASANT PARTY

Summary/Abstract: Conceived as half-military illegal organizations, the Croatian Peasant Defence (Hrvatska seljačka zaštita) and the Croatian Peasant Guard (Hrvatska seljačka garda) had, in relation to the Croat Peasant Party (HSS) and the so-colled Croatian People’s Movement, a specific role. At the beginning of the first stage of their activity (1935-36), they displayed some characteristics which were common with some other political parties. Soon the scale of defensive actions was widened and directed not only against their orthodox opponents from right and left (communists, četniks), or political rivals, but also against the representatives of the regime (i.e. gendarmerie, stale administration).

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