History Discussion: Yugoslavia in WW II - Partisan and Chetnik Resistance

We'll discuss the complex WW II battleground of Yugoslavia, subjected to foreign invasion, Axis occupation and dismemberment, civil war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and revolution, all at the same time.

The two main resistance groups - the Partisans led by Tito (Communists) and the Chetniks led by Mihailović (Royalists, nationalists, Nazi collaborators) fought each other and the occupiers, while ethnic tensions between Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Bosniaks, and others led to atrocities.

The following summary is highly recommended if you're not familiar with the history of Yugoslavia during WW II:
WW II in Yugoslavia

Optional:

• Ethnicity in Exile: Coping with the Yugoslavs in World War II (Wilson Center)
• Challenges in Coalition Unconventional Warfare: The Allied Campaign in Yugoslavia, 1941–1945 (National Defense Univ Press)
• Partisan Operations (Army Univ Press)