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by Ivan Bajlo
Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:45 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: Yugoslav Weapons
Replies: 9
Views: 8072

I have yet to complete article but prewar Yugoslav industry was made of six Military Technical Institutes producing copy of 7,9mm Mauser rifles, also some 2000 light machine-guns were made before the war, bullets, 47mm to 100mm artillery ammo, 81mm mortars, hand grandees and 60 howitzers and 1000 of...
by Ivan Bajlo
Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:45 am
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: Usatase
Replies: 37
Views: 15640

There has been a rather loud but numerically minor extreme right-wing in Croatia since independence (more prominent during the war 1991-1995, less and less of a factor since). So-called extreme right is largely made up of former communists who (unfortunately successfully) become big nationalist in ...
by Ivan Bajlo
Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:36 am
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: Usatase
Replies: 37
Views: 15640

They definitely didn't run in the last election. http://www.izbori.hr/arhiva.htm Nobody wants to have any associations with NDH anymore since you end up losing much more votes then you gain. Beside HSP is now only extreme right party that has a chance of entering parliament so most votes goes to them.
by Ivan Bajlo
Sun Jan 25, 2004 3:58 pm
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: Usatase
Replies: 37
Views: 15640

With Croatia becoming an independent state in 1991, the HOP opened offices in Croatia and became a legally registered political party. Their support amongst the population of Croatia has, however, been marginal at best. They have failed to elect any members into the Croatian parliament, and it is m...
by Ivan Bajlo
Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:39 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Wehrmacht in Jugoslavia
Replies: 9
Views: 3494

Shadow wrote:Ivan:
What did you do........bribe him, or threaten him?
:D :wink: :D
best regards -
He run out of money when it come to renewal. :D
by Ivan Bajlo
Sun Jan 25, 2004 5:36 am
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: Usatase
Replies: 37
Views: 15640

Not sure I understood question correctly but I'll try to answer... Ustashe movement had the standard: - military wing, responsible directly to Pavelic: http://www.vojska.net/ww2/ndh/ustasha/vojnica/ - secret service, run by Eugen Dido Kvaternik until late 1942: http://www.vojska.net/ww2/ndh/ustasha/...
by Ivan Bajlo
Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:42 am
Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
Topic: Wehrmacht in Jugoslavia
Replies: 9
Views: 3494

It did. It was offline for few months until I saved some cash from my former day job and friends domain was about to expire so I "convinced" him to let me use it. :wink:

Hopefully it will stay there until I find a way to get some really cool domain name that hasn't been taken already. :D
by Ivan Bajlo
Fri Jan 23, 2004 3:04 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Names of operations
Replies: 9
Views: 4859

Depeneds on how big operations are you looking for?

I have found literally dozens of small ops on divisional and regimental level in Yugoslavia alone. Talk about a paperwork. :wink:
http://www.vojska.net/ww2/battles/
by Ivan Bajlo
Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:50 pm
Forum: Foreign Volunteers, Collaboration and Axis Allies
Topic: Italian OOB in the Balkans
Replies: 1
Views: 2149

Here is OOB of Italian units in Yugoslavia 1941-43
http://www.vojska.net/ww2/italy/oob/1942.asp
by Ivan Bajlo
Fri Jan 23, 2004 2:31 pm
Forum: Campaigns and Battles
Topic: Balkans, Aug. -Nov. 1944
Replies: 16
Views: 5796

German retreat was very successful especially considering the odds, mostly thanks to entire Bulgarian Army which failed to annihilate few German rear guard battalions and Partisans being highly suspicious about British intentions in Yugoslavia preventing them to land until it was too late, but not a...