Unit Name: | Montenegrin National Army |
Country: | Montenegro |
Allegiance: | Independent State of Croatia |
Battles: | Battle of Lijevče Field |
Commander1: | Sekula Drljević |
Commander1 Label: | Supreme Commander |
Commander2: | Pavle Đurišić |
Commander2 Label: | Operational Commander |
Montenegrin National Army[1] (Serbian: Црногорска народна војска / Crnogorska narodna vojska)[2] was an army whose supreme commander was Montenegrin collaborationist politician and separatist Sekula Drljević.[3] When Pavle Đurišić retreated with his forces from Montenegro toward Slovenia in 1945, he made a safe-conduct agreement with Drljević. According to this contract Đurišićs forces were aligned with Drljević as the "Montenegrin National Army" with Đurišić retaining operational command, based on instructions of Drljević.[4]
Montenegrin National Army was a result of Sekula Drljević's attempts to create an army consisting of Montenegrins who lived outside Montenegro.[5]
On 22 March 1945 Pavle Đurišić signed an agreement with Drljević. According to this agreement the Chetnik 8th Montenegrin Army was agreed to be under Drljevićs supreme command as Montenegrin National Army. On 17 April 1945, after he returned to Zagreb, Drljević issued a proclamation with his political program and invited his "army" to fight both new Yugoslavia and Chetniks of Draža Mihailović.[6]
. Jozo Tomasevich. The Chetniks. 1 January 1975. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-0857-9. 447. There they would align themselves with Drljevic under the name "Montenegrin National Army," with DjuriSic retaining operational command, and would be moved west by rail transport. .
. Miloš Minić. Oslobodilački ili građanski rat u Jugoslaviji 1941-1945. 1993. Agencija "Mir". 231. На основу истог споразума Ђуришића и Дрљевића, четници ће се звати „Црногорска народна војска", њен врховни командант ће бити Секула Дрљевић, а потпуковник Ђуришић њихов оперативни командант под Дрљевићевом -->. 978-86-82295-01-3 .
. Jozo Tomašević. Četnici u Drugom svjetskom ratu: 1941-1945. 1979. Sveučilišna naklada Liber. 395. Tamo bi se svrstali uz Drljevica pod imenom »Crnogorska narodna vojska«, Durisic bi zadrzao operativnu komandu i... -->.