National Liberation Movement in Croatia | |
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Leaders | Andrija Hebrang[1] Vladimir Nazor[2] |
Dates of operation | 1941–1945 |
Allegiance | Communist Party of Croatia (KPH) Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) |
Active regions | Independent State of Croatia |
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Part of | Yugoslav Partisans |
Opponents | Germany, Italy, Hungary, Independent State of Croatia, Chetniks |
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The Croatian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Movement in Croatia (Croatian: Narodnooslobodilački pokret u Hrvatskoj; NOP), were part of the anti-fascist National Liberational Movement in the Axis-occupied Yugoslavia which was the most effective anti-Nazi resistance movement.[5][6] It was led by Yugoslav revolutionary communists during the World War II.[7] NOP was under the leadership of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (KPJ) and supported by many others, with Croatian Peasant Party members contributing to it significantly. NOP units were able to temporarily or permanently liberate large parts of Croatia from occupying forces. Based on the NOP, the Federal Republic of Croatia was founded as a constituent of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill referred to the movement as "the Croatian miracle".[8]