Novi Pazar

Esad Rahić Novi Pazar SANJAK DURING WORLD WAR II Summary: The territory of Sanjak became, after the occupation, a subject of expansionist ambitions of Germany and Italy and war marionette's creations of Independent State of Croatia (NDH) and Great Albania. There were heavy fights in Sanjak between the two ideologically opposed movements: Partisan and Chetnik's upon whom a biological survival of Bosnian people was dependant on. The area of Sanjak was already striken by the rebellion fights from 14th July 1941. Sanjak was the centre of the highest area and Yugoslav army and party management of NOP (National Liberation Movement), and from 20th November 1943 until 29th March 1945, it had the Country's Antifascist Council of the National Liberation of Sanjak, with the entire country's military and civic authority structure. From the first five Proletarian brigades, Sanjak had three (the third, fourth and fifth), and it also had its own 37th Sanjak Division. There were 15.000 fighters of the Bosnian nationality from Sanjak and Montenegro within the NOR (National Liberation War). Sanjak gave 27 national heroes. Keywords: Sanjak, Area Committee ofKPJ (Communist Party ofYugoslavia) for Sanjak, ZAVNOS (Country's Antifascist Council of the National Liberation of Sanjak), Rifat Burdžović Tršo, Sanjak Brigades, Sreten Vukosavljević, Partisans, Chetniks, Ustashas, Germans, Italians

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