Tito's Partisan-Fascist Alliance

[Aldarion]

Tito’s Partisan-Fascist Alliance, Part 1 – Introduction

Kingdom of Yugoslavia was an artificial creation resulting from Serb occupation of southern areas of Austria-Hungary. Croatian parts of Austria-Hungary were mostly given to Serbia, and in smaller p…

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Kingdom of Yugoslavia was an artificial creation resulting from Serb occupation of southern areas of Austria-Hungary. Croatian parts of Austria-Hungary were mostly given to Serbia, and in smaller part to Italy and Hungary.

Serb imperialists led by Nikola Pašić had already in 1916. accepted the "right" of Italy to Croatian coast, as long as Serbia itself gained access to Adriatic Sea. This was based on the London Agreement in 1915. where Britain gave Italy Croatian coast in order to entice it into joining the Entente. At the end of the war in 1918. Italy gained parts of the Croatian coast, but nowhere as much as it had wanted or been promised.

 

[Aldarion]

Tito’s Partisan-Fascist Alliance, Part 2 – 1941

From the very start, Italians were acting as enemies of the Croatian people in spite of the supposed alliance. Only 18 days after the capitulation of Yugoslavia, between 6th and 8th May, rebel Serb…

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From the very start, Italians were acting as enemies of the Croatian people in spite of the supposed alliance. Only 18 days after the capitulation of Yugoslavia, between 6th and 8th May, rebel Serbs from villages of Kijevo and Tramošanj raised what they called the "Đurđevdan Uprising". Serbs opened fire against the Ustashi officials near Sanski Most, and soon the Serbs from nearby villages also joined the fight. Ustashi received reinforcements from Prijedor, and on 7th May one German detachment from 1st Battalion of the 132nd Regiment stationed in Prijedor also joined the fighting.

In Venetia on 15th May 1941., Croatia signed an agreement on joining the Tripartite Pact. In May 1941. Pavelić met Hitler in Bavaria, where Hitler suggested him to lead "fifty years of ethnically intolerant policy". Following this, in the next few months the Ustashi government deported several tens of thousands of Serbs to Serbia, and additional 120 000 in the next two years.

 

[TheRejectionist]

From the very start, Italians were acting as enemies of the Croatian people

How exàctly ? The Indepedent Stàte of Croàtià wàs à puppet stàte sponspored by Itàly ànd Germàny.

We put thàt pàthetic incompetent butcher of Pàvelic there ànd he wàs given even àreàs thàt were màjority Serb.

 

[Aldarion]

How exàctly ? The Indepedent Stàte of Croàtià wàs à puppet stàte sponspored by Itàly ànd Germàny.

Yes, it was. Doesn't mean that Italy was its ally.

Seriously, just read the article. Without Italian support, Tito and his Partisans will not have survived until 1942., let alone until 1945.

 

[TheRejectionist]

Yes, it was. Doesn't mean that Italy was its ally.

Seriously, just read the article. Without Italian support, Tito and his Partisans will not have survived until 1942., let alone until 1945.

I did give a read but I will give a more profound later.

Though the article seems to lack citations.

 

[Aldarion]

I did give a read but I will give a more profound later.

Though the article seems to lack citations.

I think it may be based on this:


Which itself is based on this:

 

[TheRejectionist]

I think it may be based on this:


Which itself is based on this:

I don't speak or read Croatian unfortunatly.

 

[Aldarion]

Tito’s Partisan-Fascist Alliance, Part 3 – 1942

In the early 1942., before the expected Italian occupation of the areas under Chetnik control in eastern Bosnia, major Boško Todović sent a directive to his officers on 9.1.1942. in which he explai…

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In the early 1942., before the expected Italian occupation of the areas under Chetnik control in eastern Bosnia, major Boško Todović sent a directive to his officers on 9.1.1942. in which he explained the strategy of legalization as follows: "Situation is such that at any moment the German – Italian invasion of our liberated part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia can begin, and force relations do not allow hope for successful resistance. In such a situation, and resistance would be extremely harmful for the Serbian population in this area, and also useless. Because of these factors, we will carry out timely strategic retreat with one part of our forces, while the second part will pose as Serbian Voluntary Chetnik Detachments and remain with the populace for its protection, even if forced to cooperate with the occupational forces similar to how sanitary organs, municipal governments and police do during the evacuation of territory. Partisan elders will be warned not to create unnecessary casualties among the Serb populace…". In the public announcements, Orthodox priest Đujić pronounced to Serbs: "Dear brothers, do not be deceived by the Ustashi provocateurs and the irresponsible adventuristic elements which are inciting you to a battle against the Italian armed force… we have concluded a permanent peace.".

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

So basically, the Chetniks were more or less working more for Italians then Germans?

It might also be nice to know a bit more on how the Serbian State Guard and the Serbian Volunteer Corps had performed when they liquidated the Užice Republic, but the only thing they succeeded in doing was to make the Partisans Croatia’s problem, which explained why there wasn’t much Partisan activity in Nedić’s rump state. So in a sense, Croatia’s Partisan problem was actually caused by the SDK and the State Guard, as well as the Chetniks that fought on Nedić’s side.

 

[Aldarion]

Tito’s Partisan-Fascist Alliance, Part 4 – 1943 and the end

On 27 January 1943, German emissary in Zagreb expressed his concern about the situation at the bauxite mines near Mostar and warned of danger from Chetniks. German communications officer however re…

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On 27 January 1943, German emissary in Zagreb expressed his concern about the situation at the bauxite mines near Mostar and warned of danger from Chetniks. German communications officer however reported that the situation near Mostar was completely calm and that there is no danger from the Communists there since the area was in the Chetnik sphere. German command for the Southeast recommended to wait with any action against the Chetniks, since general Roata was emotionally strongly attached to the Chetniks and that only when he is replaced could a strong Italian action against the Chetniks be expected. It is thus clear that Germans were completely clueless about the entire Italian strategy, and were blaming solely general Roata.

In the early 1943, Italians were again plotting how to conquer Bosnia, and thus secretly – as a price of further logistical support – asked Tito to continue advance into central Bosnia, onto the area held by the Germans and the Ustashi, allowing the Italians to come into the area taken by the Partisans and conquer Bosnia. This supposed Italian-German-Croatian operation was called operation WEISS by Germans and the Fourth Enemy Offensive by the Partisans. Italians stopped this operation as soon as they realized that Partisans were unable to penetrate German-Croatian lines. From then on, Italians stopped carrying out any significant actions except for preventing Croatian military from entering the Italian occupational zone. There was even an open conflict over the issue of Chetniks.