First published at 03:11 UTC on January 5th, 2023.
During WW2, after Yugoslavia was invaded, the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Independent State of Croatia, the NDH nominally supported a sort of "Integral Croatia" where Muslims and Catholics formed one Croat…
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During WW2, after Yugoslavia was invaded, the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Independent State of Croatia, the NDH nominally supported a sort of "Integral Croatia" where Muslims and Catholics formed one Croatian national unit. However, Bosnia soon became a battleground between the Croatians, Royalist Yugoslav Chetniks and Communist Partisans. In the crossfire were hit many Bosnian Muslim villages, reprisals from Croats who thought they were aiding Serbs and reprisals from Serbs who thought the Bosniaks were loyal to the Croatian authorities. The most notorious region was the Foča-Goražde-Sandžak region. Which saw mass reprisals against both Orthodox and Muslim civilians, perpetrated by all sides. Many local Muslim militias took part in these reprisals, nominally raised to defend local Muslim villages from both Chetnik and Ustasha attacks. Muslims, however were also found on the side of Croatia and on the side of the Chetniks. These local militia units wished to prevent lawless banditry and chaos that the Croatian authorities couldn't control, and this finally culminated in the forming of the 13th Waffen SS Divison "Handschar" made up mostly of Bosnian Muslims with volunteers from Albania and Catholic Croats as well. The first SS unit to be comprised of non-Germanic volunteers.
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Kiše granata Goražde ruše,
Naselja mnoga u vatri plamte
Da braća braći domove pale,
Vjekovi zlo takvo ne pamte.
I da nam nebo zapale
I da nam zemlju razore
Sinovi Drine nikada neće
Puštiti Goražde da pokore...
Goražde plače al suza nema,
Pomaže svatko ne pita tko si
Herojsko mjesto, gladno i žedno
Hrabro se bori, pobjede nosi!
I da nam nebo zapale
I da nam zemlju razore
Sinovi Drine nikada neće
Puštiti Goražde da pokore...
Foča je tužna priča za sebe,
Višegrad rana, što srce slama...
Dušmani piju, ruše i pale
Domove ljudi, bez trunke slama.
I da nam nebo zapale
I da nam zemlju razore
Sinovi Drine nikada neće
Puštiti Goražde da pokore!
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