German and NDH officials In Zemun Banners of the NDH and a portrait of the Poglavnik Is seen as well as the flags of the Third Reich and NDH side by side, October 1941

Members of the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment take a group picture with three Zaporozhian Free Cossack Auxiliaries a Hiwi volunteer and two local women

The Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia, Ante Pavelić, during his stay in the 1st Cossack Cavalry Division of the Wehrmacht, stands next to the field ataman of the Terek Cossack Army, Colonel Nikolay Lazarevich Kulakov.

Поглавник Независимого Государства Хорватия Анте Павелич во время пребывания в 1-й казачьей кавалерийской дивизии Вермахта стоит рядом с полевым атаманом Терского казачьего войска полковником Николаем Лазаревичем Кулаковым.

The Liberation of Zagreb and the proclamation of the NDH, Down with the Serbian eagle...

Happy Easter!

Members of the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment pose for a group photo

Soldiers of the 12th tank division are greeted by Croatian inhabitants as they drive through a town.

Sretan vam 10. travanj!

Happy April 10th!

Croatian Colonel Adolf Sabljak (left) and German Oberst Klaus Uebe (right), chief of staff from VIII Fliegerkorps visiting the Croatian part of the German frontline opposite Soviet held Northern Industrial Stalingrad on Height 107.5.

They are watching the bombardment preceding the offensive which was supposed to take the industrial centre but which would eventually grind to a firm halt a month later.

Date: 14 October 1942.

Members of the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment lounging on a trench In the Eastern front

Sailors of the Croatian Naval operating a anti aircraft gun on the Eastern front.

The Croatian nation, ever since its early beginning in the seventh century, has had to fight to preserve freedom and independence, and in the pursuit of democratic processes created, more than a thousand years ago, one of the oldest elected parlia mentary bodies, the Sabor; and Croatia is presently subjected to force and terror exerted by Yugoslavia which has prevented the election of representatives to the Sabor and has deprived Croatians of the basic human rights of self-determination, free elections, economy, culture, religion, and even language; and More than 150,000 Americans of Croatian descent live in California, participating in economic, cultural, and political developments of the Golden State and always maintaining their vigilance against Communist aggression by sharing their knowledge and experience; NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby proclaim April 10th as CROATIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY to honor these Californians and invite all citizens to give renewed devotion to the just aspirations of all people for national independence and human liberty.“

„Mit der Erdolchung Caesars begann der Cäsarismus, und mit dem Attentat von Sarajevo beginnt unser Zeitalter im strengen Sinne des Wortes.“ – Ernst Jünger

"Caesarism began with the stabbing of Caesar, and our age, in the strict sense of the word, begins with the assassination in Sarajevo." - Ernst Jünger

The last invitation to the meeting of the German military association Handschar (Handžar), credit for this find: NDH History, amazing archive and a channel friendly to ours make sure to check it out

Croatian Legionaries and Blackshirts. The legionnaire in the center wears the uniform of the Croatian Army with the legion insignia and the Italian cap with the legionnaire emblem. The legionnaire on the right wears the Italian uniform.

Legionari croati e camicie nere. Il legionario al centro indossa l'uniforme dell'esercito croato con le insegne della legione e il berretto italiano con l'emblema legionario. Il legionario a destra indossa l'uniforme italiana.

Demonstrators in Osijek on August 1, 1941, carrying a banner with the slogan “Jews, Communists and Freemasons Must be Hanged!” 

Radio Zagreb, Marshall Slavko Kvaternik proclaims the NDH After 839 years under foreign rule, the Croatian people taste freedom once more in its fully autonomous and Independent State of Croatia, whose establishment is solely due to God's Providence, the Poglavnik, Ustaše and the German liberators!

Bog i Hrvati i Za Dom spremni!

Klingenberg was with his SS men from Das Reich taking part in the invasion of Yugoslavia. Klingenberg disobeyed orders, and decided to reconnoiter Belgrade, with his units far ahead of the main German army. Finding a boat, he crossed the river, with the intention of ferrying a sizable force across; however, the boat sank, and he was left with just six men. Klingenberg then encountered some Yugoslav troops who had captured a drunken German tourist, and captured them after a number of firefights the six Germans, having sustained no casualties he made it to the centre of Belgrade with the tourist and their prisoners. There they raised a German flag. The Mayor of Belgrade, came out to meet them, after Klingenberg bluffed, telling him there was an incoming artillery barrage and an impending Luftwaffe attack. The mayor and some garrison troops surrendered the city to them on 12 April. At this point a few more of Klingenberg's men arrived the same way he had, and made a show of their presence, pretending that there was more of them than there were. The Wehrmacht eventually arrived, dumbfounded at the situation, having made a complex plan to take the city that was no longer needed, and was expected to cost thousands of lives. Klingenberg was awarded the Knight’s Cross for capturing the city, in effect capturing Belgrade with just himself, his six soldiers and the tourist.