Green cadres (paramilitary)

Green Cadres
Zeleni kadar
LeadersNešad Topčić, Ibrahim Pjanić
Dates of operation1941–1945
HeadquartersSarajevo, Foča, Tuzla, Bihać
Active regionsBosnia and Herzegovina
IdeologyBosniak nationalism, Separatism
Size8,000
AlliesHadžiefendić Legion (Until 1943)
OpponentsChetniks
Yugoslav Partisans (Until 1945)
Ustaše (1945 only)
Battles and warsWorld War II in Yugoslavia
People's Committee of the National Salvation of Bosniaks
Bošnjački Odbor "Narodni spas"
Formation26 August 1942
FounderMuhamed ef. Pandža
PurposeTo protect the Bosniaks in the Independent State of Croatia and the establishment of their own government.
Location

Green Cadres (paramilitary) (Bosnian: Zeleni kadar) was a Bosniak nationalist paramilitary force during World War II.[1] It was founded in early December 1941 as a reaction to a massacre of Bosniak men and women carried out in Foča by the Serb Chetniks. The organisation was formed in poor conditions and was not supported at first by the Croatian puppet government. It rose to power after the Partisans started to burst deeper into Bosnia. Its leader was Nešad Topčić.

  1. ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2013). Green Cadres paramilitary force. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199327850. Retrieved 24 March 2015.