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Crusaders (guerrilla)

Crusaders
LeaderVjekoslav Luburić
Dates of operation8 May 1945–1950
(small remnants were active until the mid 1960s)
MotivesReestablishment of the Independent State of Croatia
IdeologyUstašism
Neo-fascism
Croatian nationalism
Political positionFar-right
StatusDissolved
SizeAround 2,000
Opponents SFR Yugoslavia

The Crusaders (Croatian: Križari, also known as Škripari) were a Croatian pro-Ustashe anti-communist guerrilla army. Their activities started after the capitulation of the Independent State of Croatia in May 1945, towards the end of World War II. The Crusaders' activities ended in 1950.[1]

  1. ^ Prlenda, Sandra (2013-02-11), "Chapter 3. Young, Religious, and Radical: The Croat Catholic Youth Organizations, 1922–1945", Ideologies and National Identities : The Case of Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe, CEUP collection, Budapest: Central European University Press, pp. 82–109, ISBN 978-615-5053-85-6, retrieved 2023-12-14

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