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Nebojša Stambolija, PhD
Institute for Contemporary History
Belgrade, Republic of Serbia

 

SERBIAN STATE GUARD IN OCCUPIED SERBIA 1942-1944

Vol. XL, 2/2022, pp. 323–344
https://doi.org/10.29362/ist20veka.2022.2.sta.323-344

 

ABSTRACT/RESUME:

The subject of this research is Serbian State Guard, a collaborationist formation created in early March 1942 in occupied Serbia. It arose from the need of the occupiers and collaborators for a stronger and more organized unit that would more successfully oppose the insurgent forces on the territory of Serbia. The initiative for the formation came from the collaborationist government. Information about the new formation appeared in the daily press as early as the beginning of January, and the organization was completed in February 1942. The decree on the organization was published on March 3, 1942. According to that decree, the Serbian State Guard was defined as a uniformed and armed troop performing the police executive and border service. At the beginning it was divided into: the Town State Guard, the Field State Guard, and the Border State Guard. On the territory of the City of Belgrade, as a special unit that was directly subordinated to the Governor of the City of Belgrade, the service was performed by the Serbian State Guard of the Administration of the City of Belgrade. Due to more efficient control and prevention of various aspects of crime as well as maintaining security, special branches have been formed over time, like Commercial Police and Railway Security Guard. The situation on the ground sometimes required the SSG to form larger and more mobile detachments to oppose partisan units, which were often better armed. For these reasons, in the fall of 1942, the Motorized Detachment and in February 1943 two mobile Battalions were created. Although it was created by collaborationist government, Serbian State Guard, during the whole period of its existence, was very influenced by the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland. On the beginning of October 1944, due to Red Army advancement on the borders of occupied Serbia, remaining units of Serbian State Guard gathered in Jagodina in October 6, 1944, and there officially entered into the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland as Serbian Strike Corps. The remnants of this Corps surrendered to the Allies in Italy in early May 1945, ending their war journey. Primarily, the material stored in the Military Archive in Belgrade was used, as well as the corresponding published material, literature and periodicals.

 

KEYWORDS: Serbian State Guard, Collaboration, Milan Nedić, Stevan Radovanović, Borivoje Jonić, Occupation, Serbia, Second World War, Gendarmerie, Third Reich

 

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