Legion of Death (military unit)

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The Legion of Death (Slovene: Legija Smrti) was a regimental-size Slovenian anti-Communist militia of the Second World War.[1] The units that would call themselves the Legion of Death began recruiting and organizing against the Partisans in May 1942.[2] Eventually they would consist of three battalions when the Blue Guard Styrian battalion was incorporated into the Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia, the anti-Communist militia of the Fascist Italians who occupied Slovenia at the time.[2] It mainly fought against the Communist Yugoslav Partisans.[3] The unit reached a strength of 1,731 members in October 1942, but plans for further expansion were never realized. The unit was mainly led by former Yugoslav Royal Army officers.[citation needed] When the Italians capitulated in 1943, the unit was disbanded and its members absorbed into the Slovene Home Guard units.

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1. ^ Munoz, Antonio J. (1998). Slovenian Axis Forces in World War II, 1941-1945. Axis Europa. ISBN 978-1-891227-04-2.
2. ^ a b Tomasevich, Jozo (October 2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. pp. 101–108\. ISBN 978-0-8047-7924-1.
3. ^ Plut-Pregelj, Leopoldina; Kranjc, Gregor; Lazarevic, Žarko; Rogel, Carole (2018-02-22). Historical Dictionary of Slovenia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 57, 85, 483. ISBN 978-1-5381-1106-2.

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Collaboration in Yugoslavia during World War II

Puppet regimes|

* Government of National Salvation
* Independent State of Croatia
* Independent State of Macedonia

Political
organizations|

* Greens
* Slovene Covenant
* Ustaše
* Yugoslav National Movement

People|

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Bosnian Muslim|

* Mehmed Alajbegović
* Andrija Artuković
* Ivan Babić
* Mijo Babić
* Rafael Boban
* Mile Budak
* Eduard Bunić
* Fedor Dragojlov
* Mato Dukovac
* Jure Francetić
* Miroslav Filipović
* Viktor Gutić
* Muhamed Hadžiefendić
* Ivo Herenčić
* Božidar Kavran
* Vladimir Košak
* Džafer Kulenović
* Osman Kulenović
* Dido Kvaternik
* Slavko Kvaternik
* Vladimir Laxa
* Mladen Lorković
* Vjekoslav Luburić
* Mihajlo Lukić
* Julije Makanec
* Nikola Mandić
* Ivica Matković
* Vladimir Metikoš
* Josip Metzger
* Ademaga Mešić
* Husein Miljković
* Ljubo Miloš
* Ante Nikšić
* Miroslav Navratil
* Sulejman Pačariz
* Ante Pavelić
* Stijepo Perić
* Viktor Pavičić
* Ismet Popovac
* Ivan Prpić
* Osman Rastoder
* Husein Rovčanin
* Franjo Šimić
* Slavko Štancer
* Dinko Šakić
* Tomislav Sertić
* Alija Šuljak
* Ivan Tomašević
* Nikola Tusun
* Ante Vokić
* Vjekoslav Vrančić
* Hasan Zvizdić

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Serbian|

* Milan Aćimović
* Petar Baćović
* Miloš Glišić
* Jezdimir Dangić
* Uroš Drenović
* Momčilo Đujić
* Dobroslav Jevđević
* Velibor Jonić
* Dragomir Jovanović
* Milan Kalabić
* Nikola Kalabić
* Dragutin Keserović
* Rade Korda
* Dimitrije Ljotić
* Vojislav Lukačević
* Draža Mihailović
* Kosta Mušicki
* Fehim Musakadić
* Milan Nedić
* Mihailo Olćan
* Kosta Pećanac
* Rade Radić
* Stevo Rađenović
* Mane Rokvić
* Miroslav Trifunović
* Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
* Svetozar Vujković

Slovene|

* Franc Frakelj
* Ernest Peterlin
* Gregorij Rožman
* Leon Rupnik

Montenegrin|

* Blažo Đukanović
* Krsto Popović
* Bajo Stanišić
* Pavle Đurišić
* Zaharije Ostojić
* Sekula Drljević
* Mihailo Ivanović
* Novica Radović

Albanian|

* Gajur Deralla
* Xhafer Deva
* Aćif Hadžiahmetović
* Xhem Hasa
* Rexhep Mitrovica
* Shaban Polluzha
* Mefail Shehu

Bulgarian|

* Ivan Mihailov
* Hristo Tatarchev

Military
organizations|

| Chetnik movement (broad term)|

* Dinara Division
* Lim-Sandžak Chetnik Detachment
* Pećanac Chetniks

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Croatian Armed Forces|

* Croatian Air Force
* Croatian Air Force Legion
* Croatian Home Guard
* Croatian Legion
* 369th Division
* 373rd Division
* 392nd Division
* Croatian Navy
* Croatian Naval Legion
* Green cadres
* Hadžiefendić Legion
* Sandžak Muslim militia
* 13th SS Division
* 23rd SS Division
* Ustaše Militia
* Black Legion
* SS Polizei-Selbstschutz-Regiment Sandschak
* Einsatzstaffel der Deutschen Mannschaft

Government of National Salvation|

* Russian Corps
* Serbian State Guard
* Serbian Volunteer Corps
* Montenegrin Volunteer Corps
* 1st Belgrade Special Combat detachment
* Belgrade Special Police

Slovene military organizations|

* Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia
* Black Hand
* Legion of Death
* Slovene Home Guard

Italian governorate of Montenegro /
German occupied territory of Montenegro|

* Lovćen Brigade
* National Army of Montenegro and Herzegovina
* Montenegrin National Army

Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943) and
German occupation of Albania|

* Albanian Militia
* Balli Kombëtar
* Skanderbeg
* SS Skanderbeg
* Vulnetari
* Kosovo Regiment

Bulgarian occupation /
Independent State of Macedonia|

* Bulgarian Action Committees
* IMRO
* MYSRO
* Ohrana

See also
Invasion of Yugoslavia
World War II in Yugoslavia

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Allies|

| Kingdom of Yugoslavia|

* Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1941)
* Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1945)

Partisans|

* Yugoslav Partisans
* Croatian Partisans
* Macedonian Partisans
* Slovene Partisans

Others|

* Soviet Union (1944–1945)
* Bulgaria (1944-1945)
* National Liberation Movement (limited involvement, 1944–45)

Chetniks|

* Chetniks (nominally Allied, extensively collaborated with the Axis)
* Montenegrin Volunteer Corps (rogue faction of the Chetnik movement, 1945)

Axis|

| Croatia|

* Independent State of Croatia
* Armed Forces
* Ustaše Militia
* Black Legion
* SS Handschar Division
* Army (Home Guard)
* Air Force
* Air Force Legion
* Green cadres
* Hadžiefendić Legion

Serbia|

* Government of National Salvation
* Serbian State Guard
* Serbian Volunteer Corps
* Montenegrin Volunteer Corps
* Pećanac Chetniks
* Russian Corps

Montenegro|

* (Governorate of Montenegro (1941–43))
* Germany (German occupied Montenegro (1943–44))
* Lovćen Brigade (Greens movement, 1942–44)
* Sandžak Muslim militia
* SS Regiment Sandschak
* Montenegrin National Army

Slovenia|

* Slovene Axis supporters
* Slovene Home Guard
* Legion of Death
* Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia

Others|

* Germany
* Italy (1941–43)
* Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943) (1939–1943)
* Albanian Militia
* Skanderbeg
* Hungary (1941–44)
* German occupation of Albania (1943–44)
* Balli Kombëtar
* SS Skanderbeg Division
* Vulnetari
* Kosovo Regiment
* Bulgaria (1941–44)
* Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

See also: World War II in Yugoslavia and People of the Yugoslav Front

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