Talk:Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland
I oppose the redirect.
In 1941-1943 the future Chetniks were the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland. In 1943-1945 the Partisans were the legitimate Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland. --PaxEquilibrium 14:43, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- I don't see the point: Partisans were never called "Yugoslav army in the fatherland" neither by themselves nor by anyone else. The only group referred to by that name were what we commonly know as Chetniks. Duja► 06:37, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
- In 1943 King Peter II Karadjordjevic denounced the Chetniks (who subsequently became Serbian nationalist "rebels" and disgruntled bands of all kinds of groups, from notorious war criminals to unimportant self-styled heroes), in favor of the Partisans, recognizing the Yugoslav Partisans as the legitimate "Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland", although it still stiled itself frequently just "People's National Liberation Arm". Its just as so that the Chetniks were stripped off the rights of being the legitimate Army in 1943, in favor of Partisans. The King commanded the Chetniks to fight under Tito, but most refused, which brings to the "treason" bit according to which any Chetnik whatsoever could be executed. --PaxEquilibrium 09:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
- But who has ever really styled Partisans the "YAitf", while, you'll agree Chetniks were styled like that both by themselves and by allies in official documents? We have no evidence that even the King (not that his opinion matters much on the subject) used the term in conjunction with partisans. Besides, this is just a redirect. Duja► 13:58, 26 September 2007 (UTC)