Hrvatski Domobran was a Croat

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 political organization that advocated independence for Croatia

Croatia

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 from Yugoslavia

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, and became associated with the Ustaše

Ustaše

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. It was founded in 1928 and took part in demonstrations in Zagreb in which it engaged in violent battles with police. After being shut down and forced to flee with the establishment of royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia, it was refounded as an émigré

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 organization in 1933 in Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

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. A section was established in the United States

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to raise support for the Ustaše.