Pećanac Chetniks

Pećanac Chetniks
Active	1941-1944
Country	Serbia under German occupation
Allegiance	Nazi Germany Milan Nedić
Size	3,000-6,000
Commanders
Notable commanders	Kosta Pećanac

The Pećanac Chetniks, also known as the 'Black' Chetniks^[1] were a Chetnik force which operated in Nedić's Serbia under the leadership of Kosta Pećanac. They were loyal to the fascist government and fought against Yugoslav Partisans and the Chetniks of Draža Mihailović.

At the time of the invasion of Yugoslavia, Pećanac was located in southern Serbia. He was, before World War II and along with his rival Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin, one of the most well-known leaders of the various organizations that called themselves Chetniks, years before Draža Mihailović and his Ravna Gora movement began to use the name^[2][3]. Pećanac's Chetniks, which were already in existence before World War II, were an entirely different organization than Mihailović's, even though they could occasionnally be confused. Pećanac soon established relations with the Gestapo and tried

During the World War II units of Kosta Milovanović Pećanac committed numerous crimes against the civil population of Albanian villages on the border between Kosovo and Sandzak.^[4][5][6]

Pećanac was assassinated on June 6, 1944 by Chetniks loyal to Mihailović.^[7]

See also

• Ljubo Novaković

References

1. ^ Stevan K.Pavlowitch, Hitler's new disorder : the Second World War in Yugoslavia, Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, page 59
2. ^ Stevan K.Pavlowitch, Hitler's new disorder : the Second World War in Yugoslavia, Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, page 52
3. ^ Chetniks of Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac (Pechanatz)
4. ^ Arhiv Kosova, Arhiv Pokrajinskog komiteta KPJ za Kosovo i Metohiju u Prištini, card no. 5, reg. no. 220
5. ^ Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o NOR-u i revoluciji, I&19, dok. br. 3
6. ^ Pavle Jovićević, Kosovo i Metohija i odluke II zasedanja AVNOJ-a, Sloboda, novembar, 1944.
7. ^ Tomasevich, Jozo (1975). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: The Chetniks. Stanford University Press. p. 260. ISBN 0804708576.