Vulnetari
Sign in to saveThe Vullnetari ("the volunteer") were an Axis collaborationnist volunteer militia of Albanians from Kosovo set up in 1941 by Italian forces after the successful invasion of Yugoslavia. They served as an auxiliary force for civilian control and protection of villages.
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The Vullnetari ("the volunteer") were an Axis collaborationnist volunteer militia of Albanians from Kosovo set up in 1941 by Italian forces after the successful invasion of Yugoslavia. They served as an auxiliary force for civilian control and protection of villages.
Some of the militia served as frontier guards under both Italian and German rule. The Vulnetari fought only in their own local areas, so they fought against both Partisans and Chetniks, "against whom they showed themselves skilled and determined fighters". The Vulnetari of the region of Gjakova went to Plav and Gusinje to support the Italian counteroffensive during the Uprising in Montenegro.
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