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. It consisted of three battalions and was formed in August 1942 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. It mainly fought against the Communist Yugoslav Partisans. 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. When the Italians capitulated in 1943, the unit was disbanded and its members absorbed into the Slovene Home Guard units.

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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|

| Croatian &
Bosniak|

* Mehmed Alajbegović
* Andrija Artuković
* Ivan Babić
* Mijo Babić
* Rafael Boban
* Mile Budak
* Eduard Bunić
* Fedor Dragojlov
* Mato Dukovac
* Jure Francetić
* Miroslav Filipović
* 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
* Ante Vokić
* Vjekoslav Vrančić
* Hasan Zvizdić

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Serbian|

* Milan Aćimović
* Petar Baćović
* 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
* Stevo Rađenović
* Mane Rokvić
* 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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Yugoslav factions in World War II

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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