Croatian Home Guard (other)
Croatian Home Guard may refer to several historic military formations: *Royal Croatian Home Guard (1868–1918), regular army of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy *Croatian Home Guard (World War II) (1941–1944), regular army of the Independent State of Croatia *Home Guard (1991–2003), reserve force of the Croatian Army *Home Guard (1992–1995), section of the Croatian Defence Council The Croatian Defence Council ( hr, Hrvatsko vijeće obrane or HVO) was the official military formation of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity that existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1991 and 1996. The HVO wa ...

Royal Croatian Home Guard
The Royal Croatian Home Guard ( hr, Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo, Hrvatsko-slavonsko domobranstvo or Kraljevsko hrvatsko-ugarsko domobranstvo, often simply ''Domobranstvo'' or ''Domobran'' in singular, in German: ''Croatisch-Slawonische Landwehr'') was the Croatian-Slavonian army section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr ( hu, Magyar Királyi Honvédség), which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868 as a result of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement. The settlement specified four conditions: # Croats (and Croatian Serbs) would serve their military service within Croatia # Military training would be conducted in Croatian # Cadet and Domobran academies would be formed # Croatian military units could take on Croatian names Formations and units The Home Guard initially consisted of 8 squadrons, garrisoned in 6 town: * 79th Home Guard Squadron (Varaždin) * 80th Home Guard Squadron (Zagreb) * 81st Home Guard Sq ...
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Croatian Home Guard (World War II)
The Croatian Home Guard ( hr, Hrvatsko domobranstvo) was the land army part of the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II. Formation The Croatian Home Guard was founded in April 1941, a few days after the founding of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) itself, following the collapse of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was done with the authorisation of German occupation authorities. The task of the new Croatian armed forces was to defend the new state against both foreign and domestic enemies.Tomasevich 2001, p. 419. Its name was taken from the old Royal Croatian Home Guard – the Croatian section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr component of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Organization The Croatian Home Guard was originally limited to 16 infantry battalions and two cavalry squadrons – 16,000 men in total. The original 16 battalions were soon enlarged to 15 infantry regiments of two battalions each between May and June 1941, organ ...
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Croatian Army
The Croatian Army ( hr, Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the largest and most significant component of the Croatian Armed Forces (CAF). Role and deployment The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to protect vital national interests of the Republic of Croatia and defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state. The Croatian Army's primary tasks are to: * Defend against possible aggression at strategic operational levels and to defend against any land, air, or amphibious assault, in co-operation with the other branches of the CAF. * Help allies and friendly countries in time of need. * Build the capability to carry out non-traditional tasks such as humanitarian support during floods, fires, and other natural disasters. Recent and current operations North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) The Croatian Army has contributed to the following NATO missions: * NATO EFP Battlegroups (Lithuania & Poland) - 2017 * Operation Resolute Support (Af ...
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