Chetniks and Partisans - Understanding Yugoslavia in WWII

Chetniks and Partisans - Understanding Yugoslavia in WWII Part of Resistance & Spies Week More content on WW2TV about The Balkans, Greece and Turkey    • The Balkans in WWII   Marko Attila Hoare is a British historian of the former Yugoslavia which he has been studying since 1993. In the summer of 1995, he acted as translator for the humanitarian aid convoy to the Bosnian town of Tuzla, organised by Workers' Aid for Bosnia, a movement of solidarity in support of the Bosnian people. He has degrees in History from Cambridge (UK) and Yale (USA). Marko's blog https://greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/ The history of Yugoslavia in WWII is complicated and in today's show Marko will run through the changing military and political situation. We will examine the Axis invasion in 1941 and look at it's connection with Operation Barbarossa. Who were the Chetniks and the Partisans and why did they go to war against each other? Why did the Allies switch their support from the Chetniks to the Partisans. How important was Yugoslav resistance to Axis for the outcome of the war ? Marko has written 4 books including: Genocide and Resistance in Hitler's Bosnia: The Partisans and the Chetniks, 1941-1943 by Marko Attila Hoare UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978019... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97801972... You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates also "like" the video - it really helps! Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV