Yugoslav insurgency

The Yugoslav insurgency is a guerilla war in the former lands of Yugoslavia between Yugoslav Communist Partisans primarily against Italy and its various puppet states as well as initially fighting alongside, and then against, the Serb nationalist Chetniks. The insurgency began in 1941 after Yugoslavia collapsed in the Italo-Yugoslav War in December 1940.
Both the Yugoslav Partisans and the Chetnik movement initially resisted the Italian invasion. However, after 1941, Chetniks extensively and systematically collaborated with the Italian occupation forces. The Italians mounted a series of offensives intended to destroy the Partisans, though some came close to completing this objective the Communist rebels were always able to escape from the Italian clutches. Despite this failure of the Italians to fully cease Partisan activities, they did consistently manage to halt any attempts by the rebels to hold onto land.
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