Chetniks of Kosta Pećanac

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Chetniks of Kosta Pećanac
Active 1941-1943
Country Serbia
Commanders
Colonel of
the Regiment		 Kosta Pećanac

The Chetniks of Kosta Pećanac were a Chetnik force which operated in Nedić's Serbia, collaborating with the fascist government against the Yugoslav Partisans.

At the time of the invasion of Yugoslavia, Pećanac was located in southern Serbia. He was then the most well-known Chetnik leader, eclipsing Draža Mihailović and his Ravna Gora movement.[1] Pećanac soon established relations with the Gestapo and also received the blessing of Serbian Orthodox vladika Nikolaj Velimirović.[2]

Pećanac eventually came into conflict with Mihailović's "Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland". Pećanac proved to be the loser in this conflict and by March, 1943, the Germans disbanded his force.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Chetniks of Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac (Pechanatz)
  2. ^ Genessis of the Chetnik Greater Serbian Idea