[YUGOSLAV PARTISAN PUBLISHING] Udarnik [The striker]

Mascarelli, B[runo], artist

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Zagreb: ?tamparija II Jugoslavenske Armije, 1945. Octavo (29.5 × 21.3 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 100, [3] pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs and drawings, including two maps and four full-page drawings by Mascarelli. Light soil to wrappers; some chipping and wear to wrapper edges and spine extremities; stilll about very good. Anniversary issue of a leading periodical of the Croatian Partisans, illustrated throughout with battle position maps, drawings, and photographs of partisans during trainings, river crossings, in tranches, at the front lines, and during leisure and educational activities. The special issue was published on the occasion of the third anniversary of the founding of the Second Brigade of the 6th Division, with cover design and four full-page illustrations by the Croatian artist Bruno Mascarelli (1926-2019). It was published after the re-capturing of Zagreb by Partisan forces in May 1945, likely just shortly after the end of hostilities. The volume includes a brief overview of all the major battles fought by the brigade year by year, memorial essays, as well as articles such as "Women fighters of the 2nd brigade" by Desa Stoji?, and "Cultural and educational work in our brigade" by Petar Stev?i? The Croatian partisans were part of a larger anti-fascist Yugoslav resistance movement, the most successful anti-Nazi force to emerge on Axis-occupied territory. The first resistance groups arose in 1941, in response to the new Nazi-puppet government of the Independent State of Croatia. Using guerilla warfare tactics, sabotage, and a makeshift, yet highly effective underground printing and propaganda effort, the partisans scored key victories and eventually swelled to a 110.000 people-strong force, the largest and most successful of the Yugoslav partisan troops. This title is not in the 2017 catalog, "The Partisans: The Underground Society" (by Da?a Pahor and Alexander Johnson). As of March 2026, KVK, OCLC show two holdings worldwide, and none in North America. N° de réf. du vendeur 55447

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