The Association of Fighters of Yugoslavia ( sl, Združenje borcev Jugoslavije), known as Boj (an abbreviation, also meaning "battle"; members were known as sh, Bojovnici), was a Yugoslav nationalist organization in the

Drava Banovina The Drava Banovina or Drava Banate ( Slovene and Serbo-Croatian: ''Dravska banovina''), was a province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1941. This province consisted of most of present-day Slovenia and was named for the Dra ...

(Slovenia) of the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

, active between 1930 and 1935. It was established in 1929 as the Union of Slovene Soldiers (''Zveza slovenskih vojakov''), then renamed in 1930 to Union of Fighters (''Zveza bojevnikov''). The movement supported King Alexander's royal

dictatorship A dictatorship is a form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, which holds governmental powers with few to no limitations on them. The leader of a dictatorship is called a dictator. Politics in a dictatorship are ...

(declared in 1929). It was approved by the

administration in 1931. In late 1933, the organization was renamed as the "Association of Fighters of Yugoslavia" (Združenje borcev Jugoslavije). It was merged along with other organizations, such as

Yugoslav Action Yugoslav Action ( sh, Jugoslovenska akcija, acronymed JA) was a radical Yugoslavism, Yugoslav nationalist organization that supported an authoritarian Corporatism, corporatist system and a planned economy, active between 1930 and 1935. During its e ...

that was based mainly in Croatia, and groups surrounding the magazines of ''Zbor'' ("Council") and ''Otadžbina'' ("Homeland") based in Belgrade, and ''Budjenje'' ("Awakening") in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous pro ...

, to form the

Yugoslav National Movement The Yugoslav National Movement ( sh, Jugoslavenski narodni pokret / Југословенски народни покрет), also known as the United Militant Labour Organization (''Združena borbena organizacija rada'' / ''Здружена бор ...

led by

Dimitrije Ljotić Dimitrije Ljotić ( sr-cyr, Димитрије Љотић; 12 August 1891 – 23 April 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav fascist politician and ideologue who established the Yugoslav National Movement (Zbor) in 1935 and collaborated with Ge ...

in early 1935.

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