Legion of Death (military unit)
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The Legion of Death (Slovene: Legija Smrti) was a regimental-size Slovenian anti-Communist militia of the Second World War.[1] The units that would call themselves the Legion of Death began recruiting and organizing against the Partisans in May 1942.[2] Eventually they would consist of three battalions when the Blue Guard Styrian battalion was incorporated into the Anti-Communist Volunteer Militia, the anti-Communist militia of the Fascist Italians who occupied Slovenia at the time.[2] It mainly fought against the Communist Yugoslav Partisans.[3] The unit reached a strength of 1,731 members in October 1942, but plans for further expansion were never realized. The unit was mainly led by former Yugoslav Royal Army officers.[citation needed] When the Italians capitulated in 1943, the unit was disbanded and its members absorbed into the Slovene Home Guard units.
References
[edit]- ^ Munoz, Antonio J. (1998). Slovenian Axis Forces in World War II, 1941-1945. Axis Europa. ISBN 978-1-891227-04-2.
- ^ a b Tomasevich, Jozo (October 2002). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Stanford University Press. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-8047-7924-1.
- ^ Plut-Pregelj, Leopoldina; Kranjc, Gregor; Lazarevic, Žarko; Rogel, Carole (2018-02-22). Historical Dictionary of Slovenia. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 57, 85, 483. ISBN 978-1-5381-1106-2.
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