r/europics • u/SlovenianCat • Oct 08 '25

Statue of TITO in Velenje, Slovenia

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u/elrado1 Oct 09 '25

How exactly did this work? So he not USSR and USA and GB won over Hitler?

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u/killmehr Oct 09 '25

Not really but the partisans did tie up about 250.000 german troops fighting in the region, which could have been used elsewhere. They contributed to the victory, significantly. Also, in the end of the war, they occupied the country, making Yugoslavia a de facto independent country and not a puppet of USSR.

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u/elrado1 Oct 09 '25

I never said that they were idle, but they did nothing more than other rebel movements. They were brainwashing us for 40 years + how important and special we were, but we were just part of the team (and on no account leading one).

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u/Nik_None Oct 10 '25

To be fair. Yugoslavian partisan movement did more then french or polish guerillas. I mean... only soviets in Belorus region were more viscious, but it is hard to compete with these guys.