| Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia Milizia Volontaria Anti Comunista (MVAC) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 1941–1943 |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Italy |
| Type | Paramilitary |
| Role | Anti-partisan guerrilla warfare |
| Nickname(s) | Banda, Banda VAC |
The Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia (Italian: Milizia Volontaria Anti Comunista, MVAC)[a] were paramilitary auxiliary formations of the Royal Italian Army composed of Yugoslav anti-Partisan groups in the Italian-annexed and occupied portions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the Second World War.
Colloquially known as Bande or Bande VAC after the Italian military term for irregular forces normally composed of foreigners or natives, anti-communist MVAC formations in occupied Yugoslavia were composed mainly of anti-communist Slovenians, Serbs, Bosnian Muslims, Croats and Montenegrins, as well as some Italians. As auxiliaries to regular Italian military units, MVAC units participated in guerrilla actions against communist Yugoslav Partisan forces in Slovenia, Dalmatia, Lika, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Employed by the Italians from 1941 to 1943, Yugoslav MVAC units were utilized for their fighting ability and as well for their knowledge of the local language and terrain.
The MVAC lacked a clear conventional command and control structure and was to a greater extent a loose arrangement of disparate armed groups aligned in common interests to counter communist guerrillas in their respective areas of operations.
- ^ Holešek, Barbara (2004). Razvoj in formacija prostovoljne protikomunisitične milice 1942-1943 v ljubljanski pokrajini (PDF). Ljubljana: Fakulteta za družbene vede - Univerza v Ljubljani. p. 9. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
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