What if King Peter II didn't shift command of his troops and power to Tito? Instead, what if he called for the Chetniks to continue fighting for "King and Country" and the restoration of the Yugoslav monarchy?
No, it would be over real quick. Tito was much more popular, had more men, and the west isnt gonna feel sympathetic for a king using the Cetniks, who collaborated with Nazis, against the partisans, who fought against the Nazis. What it might do is weaken the Serbs position in YugoslaviaCould this cause a Greek-style Yugoslav Civil War?
What would happen if King Peter II was smuggled back into Yugoslavia to led a royalist resistance movement against the Partisans? Would it end similarly to the Baltic resistance movements?No, it would be over real quick. Tito was much more popular, had more men, and the west isnt gonna feel sympathetic for a king using the Cetniks, who collaborated with Nazis, against the partisans, who fought against the Nazis. What it might do is weaken the Serbs position in Yugoslavia
It would go worse than anything in the Baltics, because Tito was very popular. The Yugoslav monarchy had failed to protect Yugoslavia from the Nazis, Tito didn’t.What would happen if King Peter II was smuggled back into Yugoslavia to led a royalist resistance movement against the Partisans? Would it end similarly to the Baltic resistance movements?
What other affects would there be?It would go worse than anything in the Baltics, because Tito was very popular. The Yugoslav monarchy had failed to protect Yugoslavia from the Nazis, Tito didn’t.