Past and Present of Warfare
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Ever since 1945., Croatian schoolchildren spent their education learning about the “National Liberation War” (or more accurately, “People's Liberation War”) and about the “liberation” of Zagreb on 8th May 1945. So-called “antifascists”, both old and not so old, celebrate this event with gusto. Issue is, “liberation” of a city by socialists and by an occupying … Continue reading Liberation of Zagreb by the Partisans
Introduction World War 2 in Yugoslavia was a case of constant war crimes of everyone against everyone else. Germans, Italians, Ustashi, Chetniks, Partisans were all busy murdering civilians, and even Allies got on into the act on occasion. Reason for this were multiple, but can be roughly divided into several categories: ideological, political, military and … Continue reading Operations and War Crimes of the 8th Dalmatian Corps
The original video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2sSoBHhvro “During the second world war, many nations occupied by the Fascist powers, developed underground movements interested in seeing their countries liberated...”. First sentence, and already the first mistake. Yes, it is true that Yugoslavia did have antifascists who wanted to see the country liberated from the Axis oppression, but … Continue reading Response: Armchair Historian – How Yugoslavia Liberated Itself
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