Pregled ustroja Hrvatskog domobranstva u Drugom svjetskom ratu

undergraduate thesis

• Title (english): An Overview of the Structure of the Croatian Home Guard in the Second World War
• Author: Martin Šetka
• Mentor: Željko Heimer (mentor)
• Mentor: Jadranka Herceg (komentor)
• Committee member: Vesna Trut (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Željko Heimer (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Jadranka Herceg (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; (Croatian Defence Academy "Dr. Franjo Tuđman"); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-06-28, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Security and Defense Science

Abstract

Neposredno nakon proglašenja Nezavisne Države Hrvatske osnovano je Hrvatsko domobranstvo kao regularna vojska nove države. Na čelu s vojskovođom Slavkom Kvaternikom trebala je slijediti tradiciju Kraljevskog hrvatskog domobranstva iz vremena Austro-ugarske Monarhije kada je predstavljala stup hrvatske državnosti. Zamisao Domobranstva kao obrambene vojske poticana je od strane Kvaternika i starih časnika bivše austro-ugarske vojske koji su zauzeli ključne pozicije. Drugačije zamisli imao je Ante Pavelić koji je Domobranstvo trebao za zaštitu svog režima. I izvanjske sile su imale utjecaj na razvoj Domobranstva, ponajprije Talijani i Nijemci koji su NDH podijelili u interesne zone pa je razumno da su imali različite planove za domicilnu vojnu silu.
Kao regularna vojska Domobranstvo se pokušalo izgraditi u modernu i učinkovitu silu što se na kraju nije dogodilo. Kroz više reorganizacija i preustroja nisu se uspjeli riješiti problemi koji su kočili razvoj oružane sile. Loš moral, slaba opremljenost i općenita nesposobnost kadrova koja je proizišla iz svega toga samo su proizvod situacije u kojoj se ta vojska pronašla. Pri kraju rata Domobranstvo gubi svoju neovisnost djelovanja kada se sa Ustaškom vojnicom spaja u Hrvatske oružane snage.

Abstract (english)

Immediately after the declaration of the Independent State of Croatia, the Croatian Home Guard was established as a regular army of the new state. Led by military commander Slavko Kvaternik, it was supposed to follow the tradition of the Royal Croatian Home Guard from the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy when it represented the pillar of Croatian statehood. The idea of the Home Guard as a defense army was encouraged by Kvaternik and old officers of the former Austro-Hungarian army who occupied key positions. Ante Pavelić, who needed the Home Guard to protect his regime, had different ideas. External forces also had an influence on the development of the Home Guard, primarily the Italians and Germans who divided the NDH into interest zones, so it is rational that they had different plans for the domicile military force.
As a regular army, the Home Guard tried to build itself into a modern and efficient force, which ultimately did not happen. Through several reorganizations and restructurings, they failed to solve the problems that hindered the development of the armed forces. Bad morale, poor equipment and the general incompetence of the personnel that resulted from all this are only a product of the situation in which that army found itself. At the end of the war, the Home Guard loses its independence of action when it merges with the Ustasha militia into the Croatian Armed Forces.

• Keywords: domobranstvo; Kvaternik; Hrvatske oružane snage; ustroj; Nezavisna Država Hrvatska; Ministarstvo domobranstva
• Keywords (english): Home Guard; Kvaternik; Croatian Armed Forces; organization; Independent State of Croatia; Ministry of Home Guard
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:249:983718
• Study programme: Title: Military Leadership and Management; Study programme type: university; Study level: undergraduate; Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) vojnog vođenja i upravljanja (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) vojnog vođenja i upravljanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2024-10-29 14:39:25