Istraživačke dopune o pobuni 5. prosinca 1918. godine
A Research Supplement to the Mutiny of 5th December 1918

Author(s): Stjepan Matković
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Government/Political systems, Military policy, Political behavior, Comparative politics, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: National Council of Slovenes Croats and Serbs; State of Slovenes Croats and Serbs; Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes; army; political parties;
Summary/Abstract: Based on research conducted using previously unknown archival documents, the author examines the transition in Croatian history made by the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The author pays the greatest attention to the mutiny of 5th December 1918 which still induce much discussion in the historiography. The number, significance and behaviour of the people who conspired against the new regime provide a good indication of how this event was used by pro-Yugoslav forces in Croatia for reckoning with the old structures in the Croatian army and opposition politicians who upheld the idea of republicanism. The biggest opposition parties – such as the Croat People Peasent Party and the Party of Right – openly called for peaceful solutions and tried to avoid any form of armed conflict. On the other hand, some officers and soldiers who served in the Croatian Home Guard units were not content with the new situation. They spontaneously decided to organize a public demonstration in the center of Zagreb which turned into a violent confrontation. This bloody event led to the dissolution of the old army units. However, the fallen of the 5th December 1918 uprising are remembered in Croatia as the first victims of resistence to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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