Glasine o «Trećem svjetskom ratu » ili «novom preokretu» u Hrvatskoj 1945. godine
Rumours of a «Third World War» or a «New Upheaval» in Croatia in 1945

Author(s): Nikica Barić
Subject(s): History, Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of archival sources and literature, this article demonstrates how a variety of rumours spread widely in Croatia during 1945 about the supposed eruption of a new world war, the Third World War, which, it was believed, would lead to a new upheaval in the foundations of the existing political and military conditions. Supporters of the Independent State of Croatia, saw in these rumours the last chance to avoid total defeat. On the other hand Partisans and communists believed these rumours were an attempt to destabilize the regime they established to recreate the Yugoslav state.

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