Royal Yugoslav Army

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activePeriod 1918–1941
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:France
gptkb:Greece
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Yugoslav_Armed_Forces
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:King
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:disbanded 1941
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Invasion_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:equipment Hotchkiss machine guns
Mauser rifles
Renault FT tanks
Škoda artillery
gptkbp:fate surrendered to Axis powers in April 1941
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Belgrade
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Belgrade
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Royal Yugoslav Army
gptkbp:language Serbo-Croatian
Macedonian
Slovene
gptkbp:motto gptkb:For_King_and_Fatherland
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Vojska_Kraljevine_Jugoslavije
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Dušan_Simović
gptkb:Milan_Nedić
gptkb:Petar_Pešić
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:April_War_(1941)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Cavalry_Division
gptkb:law_enforcement
gptkb:Royal_Guard
gptkb:Border_Guard
gptkb:1st_Army_Group
gptkb:2nd_Army_Group
gptkb:3rd_Army_Group
gptkb:Artillery_Command
Numbered Air Force
Engineer Command
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Bulgaria
gptkb:Hungary
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Army_and_Navy_of_the_Kingdom_of_Yugoslavia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Royal_Serbian_Army
gptkb:Royal_Montenegrin_Army
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:role land warfare
gptkbp:size approximately 1,200,000 (mobilized in 1941)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans
gptkb:Yugoslav_Army_of_the_Fatherland_(Chetniks)
gptkbp:type gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:uniform khaki
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Yugoslav_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5