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| Part of the aftermath of World War I and the creation of Yugoslavia | |||||||||
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After unification with Kingdom of Serbia on 1 December 1918:
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After 13 February ceasefire:  Army of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
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Rudolf Maister Franjo Malgaj † Alfred Lavrič After April German-Austrian counter-offensive also: Vladimir Uzorinac Ljubomir Marić Dobrosav Milenkov Sava Tripkov[2] |
 Arthur Lemisch Ludwig Hülgerth Hans Steinacher | ||||||||
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"Green Guard" (Schutzwehr)[3] | ||||||||
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| 150-300 killed | 300-700 killed | ||||||||
The Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia was a military engagement that ensued in the aftermath of World War I between forces loyal to the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and later the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and forces loyal to the Republic of German-Austria. The main theater of the conflict was the linguistically mixed region in southeastern Carinthia. The conflict was settled by the Treaty of Saint-Germain in 1919, which stipulated that the territorial dispute be resolved by a plebiscite.
Many Slovene-speaking people were in favor of joining the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia), while the German speaking people and also a large part of Slovenes were loyal to the newly proclaimed Republic of German Austria (Deutsch-Österreich). The disputed territory was earlier on a part of the Duchy of Carinthia within the Holy Roman Empire from year 976, and had belonged to the Habsburg monarchy since year 1335. At the centre of conflict was the position of the border that separated the two new states. In German-language historiography, the conflict is known as the Kärntner Abwehrkampf ("Carinthian defensive struggle"), while in Slovene-language historiography, the conflict is known as the Boj za severno mejo ("Struggle for the northern border").[4][5]
- ^ "Kako se je Rudolf Maister boril za severno mejo". Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Account Suspended". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "SVAROG APMG MSS". Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Nastanek novih meja – boj za severno mejo". Svarog. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Boji za severno mejo na Koroškem". KAMRA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.