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Yugoslav Partisans

Yugoslav Partisans

2024•49m•Documentary•War & Politics
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Who were the Yugoslav Partisans? A docuseries about the founding and evolution of the largest armed resistance in Europe during World War II.

Hrvoje Klasić · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime49m
LanguageHR
First Air DateJun 9, 2024

Episodes

E149m

Communists

Why was the Spanish Civil War so important for the later development of the partisan movement and how did the partisans come to be. The partisan movement was the strongest organized armed resistance in Europe during the Second World War. But how did the war even happen? In the 1930s, Nazism and fascism grew stronger in Europe, people and movements with dangerous intentions came to power, and the great powers did not understand the scale of the changes. Among the political parties, the Communist Party with its headquarters in Moscow is spreading its influence across the continent, but what was it really like in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia? Why was the Spanish Civil War so important for the later development of the partisan movement and how the partisans were created, see in the first episode of the series.

Jun 9, 2024

E247m

Antifascists

In 1941, Hitler attacked Yugoslavia, after which that country capitulated. Its institutions are falling apart, and it is also falling apart territorially into several parts. The Chetnik movement emerged from the remnants of the royal army, and the Partisan movement under the leadership of communist activists. Both initially declared themselves as resistance movements to the German occupation, but from the beginning they found no room for cooperation ideologically. We explore who attracts more people to their ranks and what their goals are in the second episode of the series.

Jun 16, 2024

E354m

Heroes

How is the partisan movement organized in the territory of the former Yugoslavia and where are the focal points of resistance? The Germans realize early on that the anti-fascists are their main opponents in the territory of Yugoslavia, but what is the moment when the Western powers realize that their true allies are actually the communists? In the third episode of the series, numerous historians explain what the key battles in which the Germans wanted to break the anti-fascist and partisan resistance looked like and why, despite the great losses, the partisan movement became even stronger after them.

Jun 23, 2024

E448m

Partisans

Since the summer of 1941, the partisan movement has been growing daily, and members of different nationalities, professions and generations are joining it. Although the majority of partisans are men, women are also playing an increasingly important role. The mass movement also becomes militarily successful, and larger parts of the territory are liberated. Whether the organization of life in the liberated areas was a preparation for taking over power after the war, see in the fourth episode of the series.

Jun 30, 2024

E549m

Revolutionaries

The Yugoslav partisan movement was born as a liberation and anti-fascist movement, but over time it began to take on a revolutionary character. Communist ideology and symbolism become an indispensable part of the partisan identity. How communism will affect the attitude of partisans towards ideological dissenters in the country, but also to what extent it will determine the choice of military allies in Europe, see in the fifth episode of the series.

Jul 7, 2024

E649m

Illegals

Although the villages, forests and mountains were the main area of ​​activity, the success of the partisan movement would have been much more difficult to achieve without well-organized urban guerrillas and brave illegals in numerous Yugoslav cities.

Jul 14, 2024

E747m

Victors

From Drvar via Vis to Belgrade, Josip Broz Tito went from being the leader of a guerrilla movement to military leader and statesman in the span of a few minutes in 1944. How much did his charisma and battlefield success affect the relations between the Partisans and the Allied Powers? In the last episode of the series, we discover what the final operations for the liberation of Yugoslavia looked like, as well as what attitude the winners had towards the defeated.

Jul 21, 2024

Actors

Hrvoje Klasić

Self

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