The Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland ( sr, Југословенска војска у отаџбини / Jugoslovenska vojska u otadžbini; ), commonly known as the Chetniks (''Четници / Četnici''), or The Ravna Gora movement (''Равногорски покрет / Ravnogorski pokret''), was the military formation under the direct command of Draža Mihailović, one of several formations under the umbrella Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, officially established on 10 June 1942.

Background

Composition

1943

Serbia

* Krajinski korpus ( egotinKrajina Corps) * Mlavski korpus ( Mlava Corps) * Smederevski korpus (

Smederevo Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to ...

Corps) * Avalski korpus (

Avala Avala ( sr-cyr, Авала, ) is a mountain in Serbia, overlooking Belgrade. It is situated in the south-eastern corner of the city and provides a great panoramic view of Belgrade, Vojvodina and Šumadija, as the surrounding area on all sides ...

Corps) * Rudnički korpus (Rudnik Corps) * 1. ravnogorski korpus (1st Ravna Gora Corps) * 2. ravnogorski korpus (2nd Ravna Gora Corps) * 1. šumadijski korpus (1st

Šumadija Šumadija (, sr-Cyrl, Шумадија) is a geographical region in the central part of Serbia. The area used to be heavily covered with forests, hence the name (from ''šuma'' 'forest'). The city of Kragujevac is the administrative center of th ...

Corps) * 2. šumadijski korpus (2nd Šumadija Corps) * Gorska garda / Oplenački korpus (

Oplenac The St. George's Church in Oplenac ( sr-cyrl, Црква Светог Ђорђа на Опленцу, Crkva Svetog Đorđa na Oplencu), also known as Oplenac (Опленац), is the mausoleum of the Serbian and Yugoslav royal house of Karađorđ ...

Corps) * Kosmajski korpus (

Kosmaj Kosmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Космај, ) is a mountain south of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. With an elevation of 626 meters, it is the highest point of the entire Belgrade City area and is nicknamed one of two "Belgrade mountains" (the othe ...

Corps) * Kolubarski korpus (

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. General overview Kolubara is formed by the two small rivers Obnica and Jablanica. ''Obnica'' is the river in W ...

Corps) * Mačvanski korpus (

Mačva Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...

Corps) * Cerski korpus ( Cer Corps) * Valjevski korpus (

Valjevo Valjevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ваљево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Kolubara District in western Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the administrative area of Valjevo had 90,312 inhabitants, 59,073 of whom were urban dwell ...

Corps) * Požeški korpus ( Požega Corps) * Zlatiborski korpus ( Zlatibor Corps) * Javorski korpus ( Javor Corps) * Varvarinski korpus (

Varvarin Varvarin ( sr-cyr, Варварин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of central Serbia. Population of the town is 2,133, and population of the municipality is 17,772. History The town is notable as the site of an 1810 b ...

Corps) * Rasinski korpus ( Rasina Corps) * Jastrebački korpus (

Jastrebac Jastrebac (Serbian Cyrillic: Јастребац) is a mountain in central Serbia, between cities of Niš, Kruševac and Prokuplje. It consists of two massifs, Great (''Veliki'') and Small (''Mali'') Jastrebac. Its highest peak ''Velika Đulica'' ...

Corps) * Toplički korpus ( Toplica Corps) * Čegarski korpus ( Čegar Corps) * 1. kosovski korpus (1st Kosovo Corps) * 2. kosovski korpus (2nd Kosovo Corps) * Vlasinski korpus (Vlasina Corps) * Nišavski korpus (Nišava Corps) * Deligradski korpus (

Deligrad Deligrad, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Jabukovac ) is a village in the municipality of Aleksinac, Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in S ...

Corps) * Timočki korpus (

Timok The Timok (Serbian and Bulgarian: Тимок; ro, Timoc), sometimes also known as Great Timok ( sr, Велики Тимок, Veliki Timok; ro, Timocul Mare), is a river in eastern Serbia, a right tributary of the Danube. For the last 15 k ...

Corps) * Južnomoravski korpus (

South Morava The South Morava (Macedonian and Serbian: Јужна Морава, ''Južna Morava'', ; sq, Lumi Morava) is a river in eastern Kosovo and in southern Serbia, which represents the shorter headwater of Great Morava. Today, it is 295 km long, ...

Corps) * Ivankovački korpus ( Ivankovac Corps) * Vardarski korpus ( Vardar Corps) * Resavski korpus ( Resava Corps) * Jablanički korpus ( Jablanica Corps)

Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Limski korpus ( Lim Corps) * Komski korpus (Kom Corps) * Durmitorski korpus (

Durmitor Durmitor ( Montenegrin: Дурмитор, or ) is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. It is part of the Dinaric Alps. Its highest peak, Bobotov Kuk, reaches a height of . The massif is limited by the Tara River Canyon on the north, the ...

Corps) * Nikšićki korpus (

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

Corps) * Ostroški korpus (Ostrog Corps) * Zetski korpus (Zeta Corps) * Lovćenski korpus (

Lovćen Lovćen ( cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lov� ...

Corps) * Crmničko-primorski korpus (

Crmnica Crmnica ( Serbian and Montenegrin: Црмница, ) is a historical region in southern Montenegro, one of the communes of the municipality of Bar. It is one of the four sub-regions of Old Montenegro. Geography & Demographics Crmnica is located ...

– Primorje Corps) * Bokokotorski korpus (

Bay of Kotor The Bay of Kotor ( Montenegrin and Serbian: , Italian: ), also known as the Boka, is a winding bay of the Adriatic Sea in southwestern Montenegro and the region of Montenegro concentrated around the bay. It is also the southernmost part of the hi ...

Corps) * Dubrovački korpus (

Dubrovnik Dubrovnik (), historically known as Ragusa (; see notes on naming), is a city on the Adriatic Sea in the region of Dalmatia, in the southeastern semi-exclave of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterran ...

Corps) * Romanijski korpus ( Romanija Corps) * Drinski korpus (

Drina The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long Balkans river, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps whi ...

Corps) * Nevesinjski korpus (

Nevesinje Nevesinje ( sr-cyrl, Невесиње) is a town and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,162 inhabitants, while the municipality has 12,961 inhabitants. Geograp ...

Corps) * Trebinski korpus (

Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of Trebišnjica river in the r ...

Corps) * Zenički korpus (

Zenica Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The city is k ...

Corps) * Bosansko-krajiški korpus (

Bosanska Krajina Bosanska Krajina ( sr-cyrl, Босанска Крајина, ) is a geographical region, a subregion of Bosnia, in western Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is enclosed by a number of rivers, namely the Sava (north), Glina (northwest), Vrbanja and Vrba ...

Corps) * Srednjo-bosanski korpus (Middle-Bosnian Corps) * 2. srednjo-bosanski korpus (2nd Middle-Bosnian Corps)

1944

*Rasina–Toplica Corps group *4th Storm Corps group

References

Sources

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