AVNOJ

AVNOJ (Antifa?isti?ko V(ij)e?e Narodnog Oslobo?enja Jugoslavije), standing for "Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia", was the political umbrella organization for the people's liberation committees that was established on November 26, 1942 to administer terrorities under their control. It was under the political leadership of the main resistance forces of Yugoslavia, during the Axis occupation of World War II.

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After the Yugoslavian army capitulated on April 17, 1941, Yugoslavia was distributed between Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Opposition to these occupation regimes caused the formation of resistance movements, resulting in the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY), then only active in the underground, assuming the role of leading the forces in the Yugoslavian resistance.

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