Royal Croatian Home Guard

Kraljevsko Hrvatsko domobranstvo
Royal Croatian Home Guard

Home Guard Cap Badge
Active 1868 - 1918
Country Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Branch Army
Motto Za kralja i Domovinu (For King and Country)
Engagements World War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Svetozar Borojević
Stjepan Sarkotić

The Royal Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Kraljevsko Hrvatsko Domobranstvo, often simply Domobranstvo or Domobran in singular) was the Croatian army section of the Royal Hungarian Army (Hungarian: Magyar Kiralyi Honvedseg), which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868 as a result of the Croatian-Hungarian Settlement.

The settlement specified four conditions:

  1. Croats would serve their military service within Croatia
  2. Military training would be conducted in Croatian
  3. Cadet and Domobran academies would be formed
  4. Croatian military units could take on Croatian names

Contents

First units

eight squadrons:

then eight battalions:

in the next five years:

and the:

Commanders of the Royal Croatian Home Guard

All commanders of the Royal Croatian Home Guard Command, rank general, where Croatians:

Croatian Home Guard in the First World War

The 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division consisting of the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th Home Guard Infantry regiment under the Command of Stjepan Sarkotić took part in the battle against Serbia in August, 1914 together with the 104th Landsturm (pučko-ustaška) Brigade under the Command of Theodor Bekić [1]

Croatian Home Guard after 1918

During World War II, the Independent State of Croatia was formed and Croatian Home Guard was restored as its regular army which existed from April 1941 to May 1945.

On 24 December 1991, at the beginning of Croatian War of Independence, the Croatian Home Guard was restored as a part of the Croatian Army.

See also