Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Yugoslav_Armed_Forces
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod 1918–1941
gptkbp:alliedWith Allies of World War II (initially neutral, later joined Allies)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Army
gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Navy
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:King
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:disbanded 1941
gptkbp:equipment French, Czech, and Yugoslav weapons
gptkbp:fate Defeated and dissolved after Axis invasion in April 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Belgrade
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Belgrade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Yugoslav Armed Forces
gptkbp:language Serbo-Croatian
gptkbp:motto gptkb:For_King_and_Fatherland
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Vojska_Kraljevine_Jugoslavije
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Dušan_Simović
gptkb:Dragoljub_Mihailović
gptkb:Petar_II_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:April_War_(1941)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Serbian_Army
gptkbp:size approximately 1,200,000 (mobilized in 1941)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Yugoslav_Army_in_the_Homeland
gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans
gptkbp:uniform Royal Yugoslav Army uniform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Navy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5