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Croatia. Balkan War. Buckle of a Croatian nationalist militia.
The Hrvatski narodni otpor (HNO), or Croatian National Resistance, was a political organization formed by Croatian emigrants after World War II, with the goal of restoring an independent Croatian state and destroying Yugoslavia. It was founded by Vjekoslav Luburić, a former general in the Croatian Armed Forces. The HNO also had a military wing called Drina, which remained active until the 1970s. Ideologically, it promoted the reconciliation of former Ustaše and Croatian partisans, distinguishing it from other emigrant organizations.
The HNO also published the magazine Otpor, which influenced figures such as Franjo Tuđman. After Luburić was assassinated in 1969 by a Yugoslav UDB agent, internal conflicts arose within the organization, leading to retaliatory actions, such as the assassination of Vladimir Rolović in 1971. Some members were sentenced, but they were released following a hijacking in 1972.
The organization officially dissolved with the declaration of the Independent Republic of Croatia.
