Chetnik anabasis: the march of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland from Vlašić to Zelengora, April 30 – May 11, 1945. Cover Image

Četnička anabaza: marš JVuO od Vlašića do Zelengore, 30. travnja - 11. svibnja 1945.
Chetnik anabasis: the march of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland from Vlašić to Zelengora, April 30 – May 11, 1945.

Author(s): Milan Radanović
Subject(s): Political history, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Matica hrvatska Daruvar
Keywords: Yugoslav army of the fatherland; Yugoslav army; Chetniks; partisans; Fojnica; war crimes; Draža Mihailović; Dragoslav Račić; Dragutin Ćurguz;

Summary/Abstract: The article argues with individual conclusions and assertions of historians Bojan Dimitrijević and Nemanja Dević about the number of members of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland and the losses of the forces of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland in the battles against the Yugoslav army in central and southeastern Bosnia, from April 30 to May 11, 1945, shortly before the battle between Chetniks and Partisans on Zelengora from May 12 to 15 of the same year. Based on archival sources, the author claims that the forces of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland, shortly before the separation into two parts, on May 10, numbered between 5 500 and 6 000 members, and that on May 12, up to 3 500 Chetniks broke through to Zelengor. Also, the author points to the crimes of the Yugoslav army of the fatherland during the march through central Bosnia, which Dimitrijević and Dević avoid mentioning.

  • Issue Year: V/2021
  • Issue No: 5-6
  • Page Range: 200-237
  • Page Count: 38
  • Language: Croatian