1st Edition

The Partisans and War

By Jože Pirjevec Copyright 2025
424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

424 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the rise of two resistance movements in Yugoslavia after its invasion and partition by Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria in April 1941: one led by Draža Mihailović's Chetniks, supporters of the Serb monarchy; and the Partisans, led by Josip Broz Tito and his Communist Party. Based on research by the author in Yugoslav, German, British, American, Italian, and Russian... Read more

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Biography

Jože Pirjevec is Scientific Counselor at the Science and Research Centre Koper and a Slovenian Academy of Sciences Fellow. His research interests regard Central European and Balkan History in the 20th Century. His books include The Yugoslav Wars: 1991–1999 and Tito and His Comrades.