[1][2][3][4][5] The organisation was established by four Croatian emigres: Jure Maric, Ilija Tolic, Josip Oblak, and Geza Pasti.
Its aim was to start an uprising in Yugoslavia and to establish an independent Croatia.
This mission failed due to the intervention of the State Security Administration, the Yugoslav secret police.
[8] Some notable CRB members were: These people were also members of Ante Pavelić's Croatian Liberation Movement (HOP) but they left that organisation because they decided they would not achieve their goals through the political route.
[6] UDBA, the Yugoslav secret police, attempted to curb the group's terrorist activities by engaging in covert assassinations of its members.