THE CHETNIKS IN OCCUPIED YUGOSLAVLIA: FRIENDS OR FOES OF THE RESISTANCE?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dracobly, Alexander | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jacobsen, Trond | |
| dc.contributor.author | Finn, Ian | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-18T15:51:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-18T15:51:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | 53 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | How does a resistance group twist the goals that they have to collaborate with a genocidal occupier? In the Second World War, occupied Yugoslavia had two primary resistance forces: the Serbian nationalist Chetniks, and the multi-ethnic communist Partisans. From their first contact with the outside world, the Chetniks enjoyed the backing of their government in exile, of the great Allied powers, and even the nominal support of the Soviet Union. Yet, the Chetniks were ultimately defeated by the Partisans, and Yugoslavia became a communist state following the war. The Chetnik program had two primary goals: the reinstatement of the Serbian monarchy on the throne of Yugoslavia, and the expansion of the Serbian unit within Yugoslavia, as well as the associated goal of protecting Serbian civilians from the horrors of war. In pursuing these goals, the Chetniks collaborated extensively with their occupiers, brought horrors onto the populations they controlled, and doomed themselves to the fate of the Axis. This thesis finds that the Chetnik movement’s goals were incompatible with that of a resistance force in a multi-ethnic country, and that their efforts to seize power after the war led them to collaborate extensively with the Axis and alienate themselves from the non-Serbian population of the country. It will also argue that their goal of exterminating the Partisans overtook their mission as a resistance force, and finally demonstrate that through their collaboration they eliminated themselves from contention of postwar power. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.orcid | 0009-0008-9764-6735 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28668 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | |
| dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
| dc.subject | Chetniks | en_US |
| dc.subject | Yugoslavia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Resistance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Guerilla | en_US |
| dc.subject | History | en_US |
| dc.title | THE CHETNIKS IN OCCUPIED YUGOSLAVLIA: FRIENDS OR FOES OF THE RESISTANCE? | |
| dc.type | Thesis/Dissertation |