AXIS INVASION of Yugoslavia (1941): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hq2Hhcx_nr-Ypps.html SLOVENIA during World War II: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bZtyasmAldC3opc.html CROATIA during World War II: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otafqJZkzZOvook.html

As a Montenegrin 🇲🇪, I can safely say that our participation in WW2 is the most underrated one

We Montenegrian are small but fight again all Gremany,Itali,Serbia,Albania even with Japan in history.I am so proud of our nation 🇲🇪💪♥️

Huge ! Really interested in the Red Terror and the fate of the Italian Army standalone videos you’ve mentioned but I guess the list is endless ! Thanks again.

Awesome episode!!

From Montenegro 🇲🇪 I am so glad this is being talked about! In Montenegrin history WW2 is very little. I beg of you to talk about the Christmas Uprising (1919) in its own video which precedes WW2 when Montenegro fought a minor independence war again Serbia. You did a great job talking about it in this video but I think it deserves its own video.

8:36. What a beautiful landscape... By the way, "Montenegro" 🇲🇪 means "black hill", translating verbatim to portuguese language. Obrigado!, Stefan! 🇧🇷

Yugoslavia was so complex, just following all of the different factions is a huge task.

Nobody talks about this small realm in WWII. Very interesting video.

Informative episode Stephan , thank you for sharing your knowledge of history. ✌️

Another masterly display on a very complex balcan issue. Thanks Stefan!

Its still nice to learn about countries in WW2 you will not have in school (Atleast in German schools)

Awesome videos as always Stefan!

thanks for the video

Allot Thanks Sir Stefan for sharing this informative & interesting Video

Monnegrin this and then Montenegrin that. It’s so hard to keep up. It’s only less 500k people

Thanks love the channel excellent

Thank you so much very good video

Great Episode

Thanks for the history lesson.

Great story as always Stefan!❤️🇨🇦

I'm from Montenegro and I really enjoyed the video. Sadly I don't know a lot about history to really say any more than what was said. XD Really cool that you visit the places you are talking about. 😁 Have a great day!

An other amazing video, great job. Next time you could make a standalone video about the rivalry between Chetniks and Partizans. Because I think the Chetniks are not that well known as the Partizans.

Hargh Thanks for the video. You are always having a unusual perspective on history. Thats great and thank you for that. This video though I have to see couple of times before I get the picture. It's very complicated😳😵‍💫😳😵‍💫

👍👍 thanks bro

Finally a non Anglo-American-centric history channel!

Excellent work once more Stefan.How about doing a piece on Italian SS?

Thank you!

Could you do a video sometime on the Green collaborationist forces? I've always been interested in the subject as I heard a lot about the Chetniks in Montenegro rather than the greens.

Thanks for the broadcast. The history of WW2 gets very confusing in that part of Europe.

I really like when you make your videos on site. Where do you plan to go next (if that's not a secret)?

I was waiting for this one, I know some people from Montenegro and trading with them here in Belgium.

Like most of Yugoslavia during WWII, caught up between the rivalry of the Axis Powers as well as the rivalry between the resistance groups. Thank goodness they caught a break during the Yugoslav Wars and were not as badly affected as the rest. Take care, and thanks for another great video ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Beautiful countryside Stefan!

Why isn't the video listed?

interesting stuff never really thought about montenegro during ww2

Cool!

draza mihailovic help the Americans in operation hailyard after his death the us awarded him with the legion of merit and In May 2015, Mihailović's verdict was overturned on appeal by the Supreme Court of Cassation of Serbia, citing his trial and conviction as politically and ideologically motivated.

Very interesting. Montenegro certainly has an interesting history 👌

My grandpa was a Montenegrin partizan who participated in the first uprising against the fascist ocuaptors in Danilovgrad 1941.

thanks Stefan - typically complex politics of the Balkans :)

Interesting.

Kotor is an amazing place. It has a Cat Museum 🐈 😻 I recommend Ulćin -Ulqin

The Balkans in WWII, a much neglected and very complicated subject, which may explain the neglect. Well presented as ever.

It's like in the Japanese movie Rashomon. Many opposing sides forced to be in the same state.

We Montenegrins are Serbs. The only legal army at the beginning of World War II was the Yugoslav army.Partisans, Ustaše, VMRO were terrorist organizations. Allegedly, the partisans were anti-fascists, at the beginning of the war they first killed 2 Yugoslav gendarmes.And we can also talk about the Christmas uprising, after the assembly in Podgorica where there were two groups Green and White movement. The greens were for unification, but as a federal with autonomy, and the whites were for unconditional unification. They were all Serbs, but with different views on unification.Italy and the exiled government financed the insurgents who were not called "Committees" because the Committees were insurgents against the occupiers of 1914-18. And these were popularly known as "одметници ".

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Montenegro had unilaterally voted to become part of Serbia in 1918. Great people's Podgorica assembly part of which was my great, great grandfather Pop Bozo Vujošević, a pre war memeber of Montenegrin Parliament. Split between the greens and whites happened as election for the assembly were held with greens not making good enough results, their name derived from the green paper their candidate list was printed on, while the whites had as the name suggests white paper. Whites were mostly represented by pre war Montenegrin opposition to King Nikola. But there were none opposing the unification, the idea of the greens was preserving Montenegrin uniqueness in terms of it's contribution in the struggle over the centuries for freedom, and they didn't cherish some notion of being against Serbs, as well as quite a few of the organizers openly considered themselves as such. Overall the greens were federalists, greens of the Christmas uprising were not lead by same ideas as the greens during WWII. Partizan left errors happened before the chetnik partizan split in Montenegro which happened substantially after the same split in Serbia and other parts. Love your work and appreciate the time and effort you put into it! ❤️

Stegan which european countries in ww2 have you not covered yet?

The Montenegrin Chetniks had more confidence in Nedić and the government of national salvation than to Draža Mihailović and his english allies.

Please do Bosnia during WWII!!

praise it and blaze it Stefan

Looking forward for the Cambodia during World War II (1940-1945) episode.

"Wherever I went, spies and hookers had to be paid in gold; only on Cetinje I got both for free" ( Quote attributed to Pirzio Biroli, military governor of Montenegro; in fact, the author was probably some Montenegrin who was not too fond of the inhabitants of the traditional capital, who consider(ed) themselves a cut above the rest of their countrymen) On a more serious note, Montenegro was the scene of some of the most dramatic fighting in Yugoslavia, as the German XXI Mountain Corps (ca. 50,000 men) became virtually cut off from the rest of the Army Group E in late 1944. It was the only campaign on the mainland in which British Army took active part (search for "Floydforce" or "Floyd Force"). It would easily deserve a full episode.

How large was the "Zelenaški pokret / Green" (Green movement ) tells you the fact that you can't find a single photo of that military unit, nor how their uniform looked like, not on the internet at least. I visited Historical Archive at Cetinje and I found few photos. All I can tell you that they had either civilian clothes with traditional Montenegrin cap/hat, or old Yugoslav Royal Army uniform, with wearing around the arm Montenegrin tricolor (red, blue, white) flag. The majority of that movement was based at Cetinje and the area in which they operated was Cetinje itself and villages around it. Sadly, in Yugoslav after WW2 history books and archives there are not many information nor talk about them, because in fact they weren't neither big neither strong neither important enemy to the Partisans. Also, they are the only military formation in Yugoslavia that haven't committed a single war crime throughout the whole war.

Montenegrins best wariors in history ottomans know that best and Byzantine empire by their defeats

Please do Hungary next?

I didn't know i wanted to know what happened in Montenegro in ww2.

A really complicated region. I hope the US doesn't get involved in any of the regional conflicts that affected the old Yugoslavia in the 1990's. Really too complicated for the current crop of US State Department employees to grasp, especially ones from Ivy League Schools.

Do Bosnia during WW2 Muslim Factions (Green Cadres, Handzar Division, Husina Militia, Hadziefendic Militia), Croat Factions (Ustaša from Hercegovina, Domobrani, Black Legion Ustasa-Muslim legion), Serb Factions (Centiks from Krajina, Romanija, Hercegovina), last true battle of WW2 Odzak and Fazlagic Kula, Partisans Faction and AVNOJ, Titos legendary escapes from the Germans units like Division Brandenburg Lead by Otto Skorceny. Legendary battle of Neretva Bridge and Walter defend Sarajevo.

the assassination of the king of Yugoslavia was the first assassination caught on film before JFK who was the second

pls do bosnia in ww2!

What is the state of modern Montenergo?

its great to hear about little known conflicts within ww2 - in little known countries... after the Hapsburg empire went belly up, creating Yugoslavia must have sounded a great idea .... but it was a hot mess!!! it looks like every ethnic group hated the others! ... it if weren't for Tito it would have all fragmented after ww2 ended.

Restotre the House of Petrović-Njegoš!

There were not chetniks in July 1941 uprising. While some future Chetniks did take part in July Uprising, the uprising was organised and led by Partisans. Chetnik units Lašić and Đurišić were formed at the end of 1941, and this was one of causes for Leftist errors (partisans feared Montenegrin chetniks would turn againt them, as they did in Serbia or Croatia)

Montnegro made the first army uprising in nazi ocupaied Europ in 1941, radio Moscow talked about how ,,Montenegrins didnt sureender" all Montnegrin peopel were in the partisans and were serbs were with the nazzis and italians, partisans librated Montnegro in 1944 ....

Difference between Chetniks an Partisans was that Draza was Serb and Tito was Croat but soldiers were mostly Serbs. When enemies started to kill 100 Serbs for one German(Italian) Draza tried to save people but Tito didn't care. More civilians dead signifies more people that want to fight in his ranks. In the World war I, Tito fought against Serbs so I don't think he care much about them. Family Petrovic-Njegos were serbian royal family . You can learn about it from many documents and Petar II Petrovic Njegos writings. Montenegro always was "Serbian Sparta".

Christmas uprising komiti 🇲🇪💪 Bice gorda bice slavna 🇲🇪♥️ 13 th Jul uprising again Germany

Iam not first :D

@History Hustle Montenegro in 2006 don't become independent he back independent in 2006 like he be befrore.And Podgorica is most bombed city in europe with Dresden even our alliance forces bomb us

Well, there were no division to Chetniks and Partizans until the beginning of 1942. Anyway Chetniks most of the time were acting like collaborators.

Are u serb or somethin?

So Italians were captured bu Germans and weapons went to communists and yet the chtniks were colaborationist.

one day you will be in ukraine talking about the history of the russian invasion, weird

The people of Montenegro were tied to Russia in any way, so communist and royall Russia remained their only memory of Russia, the literate went to the Chetniks(white Montenegro) and Zelenasi(Green Montenegro)and a very small part of Zelenasi was with the Italians, so there was a war on 3 sides and 3 groups later becomes 4 groups,1st part Green and Fashists against White, 2nd part was fascists,green against communists and white, 3rd part Royallists (white and green) against communists and Italians which were faschists but becomes communists. Communuist Montenegro 40% ; Chetnik Royallists white Montenegro 40% ;Green Montenegro Royallists 15%,Albanians 5% and Italian fascists (unknown). Hint: Fashits(Italians) they were so confused,soo much weak in the fight that they daily surrendered, their entanglement between the Montenegrin warring people destroyed them so psychologically that they hid in houses and thus helped Montenegrin civilians with their livestock. That's why they got the name KokoŠari. Its sad story becouse united Montenegrins are a very powerful and strong nation, they managed to defend themselves against the Turks many times and inflict a great defeat on them in numerous battles, as well as against Germany in the First World War. I don't think the Italians knew where they were going, they knew they were entering a country where there was a civil war and they thought it would be easier to fight. but the only thing that surprised them was that the green Montenegrins are the biggest spies and sycophants. There were war crimes on all three sides, but i dont think Italians did any crime, never heard of it. So my advice to politicians from Europe, Russia and America who want war in the Balkans is to think 3 times.

Italia won world football Cup 1938.The whole italian team was im Montenegro during the ww2 .so ,Montenegro had the best football League in europe in the war time.,not so Many people know this.giuseppe Meazza played for FC.crnogorac cetinje.the rest of the tram mostly played for FC.obilic niksic and FC.balšić podgorica

Not to be ruled by Serbia, not Serbs since Montenegrins nationaly are Serbs

S'vjerom u Boga , Crnogorac do Groba 👆

Zašto nema prevoda

A lot of lies. For example, you use a photo of the Chetniks of Duke Kosta Pećanac standing with the soldiers of the Wehrmacht in occupied Serbia as proof of the cooperation of the Chetniks of Draža with the Germans. Pećanac was not under Mihailović's command, but under Nedić's command.