The Pećanac Chetniks, also known as the 'Black' Chetniks were a Chetnik force which operated in Nedić's Serbia

Nedic's Serbia

Serbia under German occupation refers to an administrative area in occupied Yugoslavia established by Nazi Germany following the invasion and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April of 1941...

 under the leadership of Kosta Pećanac

Kosta Pecanac

Kosta Milovanović Pećanac was a Chetnik voivoda during the Second World War.-Origin:Kosta Milovanović was born in 1879, the exact date is not known as his military paper only has the year of birth. His father was a guardian of the Visoki Dečani monastery. His parents both died during an attack by...

. They were loyal to the fascist government and fought against Yugoslav Partisans and the Chetniks of Draža Mihailović

Draža Mihailovic

Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...

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At the time of the invasion of Yugoslavia

Invasion of Yugoslavia

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, Pećanac was located in southern Serbia. He was, before World War II and along with his rival Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin

Ilija Trifunovic-Bircanin

Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin was a Serbian Chetnik military commander with the title of Voivode.-Early life:Born in Topola in 1877, Trifunović-Birčanin served as a volunteer on the Macedonian side in the Balkan Wars, as well as in the First World War on the eastern front against Bulgaria...

, one of the most well-known leaders of the various organizations that called themselves Chetniks, years before Draža Mihailović

Draža Mihailovic

Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...

 and his Ravna Gora

Ravna Gora

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 movement began to use the name. Pećanac's Chetniks, which were already in existence before World War II, were an entirely different organization than Mihailović's, even though they could occasionnally be confused. Pećanac soon established relations with the Gestapo

Gestapo

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 and tried

During the World War II

World War II

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 units of Kosta Milovanović Pećanac committed numerous crimes against the civil population of Albanian villages on the border between Kosovo

Kosovo

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 and Sandzak

Sandžak

Sandžak also known as Raška is a historical region lying along the border between Serbia and Montenegro...

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Pećanac was assassinated on June 6, 1944 by Chetniks loyal to Mihailović.