Yugoslav National Movement

Yugoslav People's Movement
Југословенски народни покрет
Jugoslovenski narodni pokret
PresidentDimitrije Ljotić
Vice presidentJuraj Korenić
Founded6 January 1935; 89 years ago (6 January 1935)
Dissolved1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Merger ofVarious radical groups[n 1]
HeadquartersBelgrade, Yugoslavia
NewspaperFatherland[3]
Student wingWhite Eagles (from 1940)
Paramilitary wingSerbian Volunteer Corps[4]
MembershipFewer than 6,000 (1939 est.)[5]
IdeologyYugoslav fascism[n 2]
Political positionFar-right
ReligionSerbian Orthodox Christianity
Colours  Green   Yellow   White
Anthem"Vojska Smene"

The Yugoslav National Movement (Serbian: Југословенски народни покрет, Jugoslavenski narodni pokret), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization (Здружена борбена организација рада Združena borbena organizacija rada, or Zbor / Збор[17]), was a Yugoslav fascist movement and organization led by politician Dimitrije Ljotić.[18][19][20][21] Founded in 1935, it received considerable German financial and political assistance during the interwar period and participated in the 1935 and 1938 Yugoslav parliamentary elections, in which it never received more than 1 percent of the popular vote.

Following the Axis invasion and occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Germans selected several Zbor members to join the Serbian puppet government of Milan Nedić. The Serbian Volunteer Corps (SDK) was established as Zbor's party army. Ljotić had no control over the SDK, which was commanded by Colonel Kosta Mušicki. In late 1944, Ljotić and his followers retreated to Slovenia with the Germans and other collaborationist formations. In March, Ljotić and Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović agreed on a last-ditch alliance against the Yugoslav Partisans. Ljotić's followers were placed under the command of Chetnik commander Miodrag Damjanović. Ljotić was killed in an automobile accident in late April 1945. His followers later fled to Italy alongside the Chetniks. The Western Allies extradited many back to Yugoslavia following the war, where they were summarily executed and buried in mass graves. Those who were not extradited immigrated to western countries and established émigré organizations intended to promote Zbor's political agenda.

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  4. ^ (1941–1945)
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