Serbian State Guards
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The Serbian State Guard also known as Nedićevci after Serbian pro-axis leader Milan Nedić
, was the name of the force that was used to complement the civil police units within Nedić's Serbia
. In addition to providing local law and order, they also helped guard and run the Nazi concentration camps.
The Serbian State Guard was formed on 3 March 1942 with members of fascist ZBOR
movement. The Guard was composed of two regiments, Danube and Drina, divided into City Police, Rural Police, Fire Service and Village Guards (who were known to pass weapons to Chetniks). With the fall of the Nedić regime in October of 1944, the command and majority of the guard joined with Serbian Frontier Guard to form the 1st Serbian Shock Corps in Bosnia, which was largely infiltrated by the Chetniks
of Draža Mihailović
.
The remnant of the Serbian State Guard surrendered to the British in May 1945.
Milan Nedic
Milan Nedić was a Serbian general and politician, he was the chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav Army, minister of war in the Royal Yugoslav Government and the prime minister of a Nazi-backed Serbian puppet government during World War II.After the war, Yugoslav communist authorities...
, was the name of the force that was used to complement the civil police units within 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...
. In addition to providing local law and order, they also helped guard and run the Nazi concentration camps.
The Serbian State Guard was formed on 3 March 1942 with members of fascist ZBOR
ZBOR
Yugoslav National Movement "Zbor" , commonly known simply as ZBOR, was a Yugoslav fascist and conservative nationalist movement formed in 1935 by Dimitrije Ljotić. ZBOR's ideology was a blend of Italian Fascism, Nazism, and Serbian Orthodox Christian fundamentalism...
movement. The Guard was composed of two regiments, Danube and Drina, divided into City Police, Rural Police, Fire Service and Village Guards (who were known to pass weapons to Chetniks). With the fall of the Nedić regime in October of 1944, the command and majority of the guard joined with Serbian Frontier Guard to form the 1st Serbian Shock Corps in Bosnia, which was largely infiltrated by the Chetniks
Chetniks
Chetniks, or the Chetnik movement , were Serbian nationalist and royalist paramilitary organizations from the first half of the 20th century. The Chetniks were formed as a Serbian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II...
of Draža Mihailović
Draža Mihailovic
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović was a Yugoslav Serbian general during World War II...
.
The remnant of the Serbian State Guard surrendered to the British in May 1945.