Slovenia during the Second World War

Last modified: 2008-11-08 by ivan sache
Keywords: domobranstvo | fatherland guard | crescent:chequy (red and white) | eagle: crowned (black) | osvobodilna fronta | liberation front | triglav | letter: of (black) |
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• Fatherland Guard (Domobrantsvo)
• Liberation Front (Osvobodilna Fronta)

See also:

• Slovenia
• Yugoslavia during the Second World War

Fatherland Guard (Domobrantsvo)

Flag of the Fatherland Guard - Image by Ivan Sarajčić, 2 May 2000

The Slovenian Domobranstvo (Fatherland Guard) was an armed formation created by the German occupying forces in Slovenia during the Second World War.
The image was made according to photos, scans and information provided by Janez Vezalka.

Ivan Sarajčić, 2 May 2000

It seems obvious (and understandable) that this flag is a variation of the flag of the Krain province of Austria-Hungary - Slovenian tricolour with the Krain province coat of arms - white with a blue eagle bearing a chequy red-white crescent.

Željko Heimer, 6 November 1999

Liberation Front (Osvobodilna Fronta)

Symbol of the Liberation Front - Image by Eugene Ipavec, 29 August 2000

In 1941 started in Slovenia the resistance movement named Osvobodilna fronta (Liberation Front), whose symbol depicts Triglav (three headed mountain -- the highest mountain in Slovenia), on top of which are letters "O" and "F". The Triglav is a pan-Slovene symbol, which was adopted as the main part of the post-war, Communist era, coat of arms. The current coat of arms, designed in 1991, is also based on the Triglav silhouette.

Andrej Brodnik, 30 June 1995

A flag charged with the Liberation Front symbol is shown on a photograph captioned "The flag that was presented by the women from Ljubljana to VOS (Security and Intelligence Service) on 31 December 1941".

Željko Heimer, 29 August 2008