Yugoslav Partisans

State · 1944 CE · at its largest around 1944 CE

The Communist-led resistance movement headed by Josip Broz Tito, which fought Axis occupiers and rival forces in Yugoslavia. By 1944–45 it controlled much of the country and went on to form the postwar Yugoslav state.

On its lands while it lasted

• Josip Broz Tito (1892 CE – 1980 CE): Leader of the Yugoslav Partisans in World War II and ruler of socialist Yugoslavia from 1945 until his death, a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement.

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