| Unit Name: | Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo Royal Croatian Home Guard |
| Dates: | 1868–1918 |
| Country: | |
| Branch: | Common Army |
| Motto: | Za kralja i Domovinu (For King and Homeland) |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Notable Commanders: | Svetozar Boroević Stjepan Sarkotić |
The Royal Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo, Hrvatsko-slavonsko domobranstvo or Kraljevsko hrvatsko-ugarsko domobranstvo, often simply Domobranstvo or Domobran in singular, in German: Croatisch-Slawonische Landwehr) was the Croatian-Slavonian army section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Honvédség), which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868, as a result of the Croatian–Hungarian Settlement.
The settlement specified four conditions:
The Home Guard initially consisted of 8 squadrons, garrisoned in 6 town:
Following a reform, it was reorganized into 8 battalions each garrisoned in a different town:
Following a second reform, it was reorganized into 5 regiments, each in 5 major cities:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | 1869–1875 | ||
| 2 | 1875–1880 | |||
| 3 | 1881–1890 | |||
| 4 | 1890–1893 | |||
| 5 | 1893–1897 | |||
| 6 | 1897–1901 | |||
| 7 | 1901–1903 | |||
| 8 | 1903–1907 | |||
| 9 | Svetozar Boroević | 1907–1912 | ||
| 10 | Stjepan Sarkotić | 1912–1914 | ||
| 11 | Ivan Salis Seewis | 1915 | ||
| 12 | Anton Lipošćak | 1915–1916, 1917 | ||
| 13 | 1916–1917 | |||
| 14 | 1917–1918 | |||
| 15 | 1918 |
In August 1914, the 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division consisting of the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th Home Guard Infantry regiment under the command of Stjepan Sarkotić took part in the Serbian campaign, together with the 104th Landsturm (pučko-ustaška) Brigade under the command of .[1] In late 1918, elements of various Royal Croatian Home Guard regiments took part in occupation of Međimurje.[2]
During World War II, the Independent State of Croatia was formed and its regular army was also called the "Croatian Home Guard". It existed from April 1941 to May 1945.
On 24 December 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, a part of the Croatian Army was formed that was also called the "Home Guard" ("Domobranstvo"). It ceased to exist in a 2003 reorganization.[3]