Za dom spremni
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The salute Za dom - spremni!, literally translated: For home - ready!, is a nationalist Croatian salute.
It dates back to at least the 19th century Ban Josip Jelačić. Its modern-day meaning, however, was defined with its usage during the Second World War by the Ustaše movement, as their equivalent of the Nazi Sieg Heil salute.
A reasonable translation would be: "for our homeland we are ready at any time for action". The Ustaše salute also included the phrase "Za koga? Za Poglavnika!" meaning "For whom? For the Poglavnik [Fuhrer]" (Ante Pavelić).[citation needed]
The opera Nikola Šubić-Zrinski (1876) contained a patriotic song U boj, u boj that included that salute.
The popular Croatian band "Thompson" has used the slogan in one of their songs; some fans respond with the Nazi salute, though their lead singer Marko Perković has denied ever "raising his hand" in the salute himself[1].
