Chetniks in the interwar period

[1] These ideological differences led to the formation of several Chetnik associations (četnička udruženja).

The first association, established in 1921, was split corresponding to the Yugoslavist DS and Serbian nationalist RS in 1924.

[2] The most important figures in the Chetnik movement in this period were Puniša Račić, Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin and Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac.

[3] Following the proclamation of the 6 January Dictatorship by king Alexander I in 1929 and the establishment of the “integral Yugoslavism”, the various Chetnik associations re-organised themself into a single officially sanctioned group, the “Association of Chetniks”.

[5] In the 1904–12 period these guerrilla units conducted warfare in Macedonia, seeking to liberate the region and join it with Serbia.

Chetniks on parade in Belgrade, c. 1920 .
Association against Bulgarian Bandits , between 1922 and 1925.
Chetnik Association, between 1921 and 1926.