This is a list of
Serbianparamilitary units and formations throughout history. It includes Serbian volunteer militias loyal to the Habsburg Monarchy prior to Serbian independence, and organizations loyal to Serbia since. Note that many of the organizations either started out or ended up folded into official military organizations. These are distinct from institutions with formal status and a direct leadership structure under a nation-state, examples being the
World War I era
First Serbian Division and the post-2006 modern
Serbian Army, which do not belong on this list.
Young Bosnia, militant group closely tied to the Black Hand that directly carried out the assassination
White Hand, a secret military organization in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). It was established in order to counter the influence of the Black Hand, and relied on the People's Radical Party.
World War II
Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army (
Chetniks)
This is a list of
Serbianparamilitary units and formations throughout history. It includes Serbian volunteer militias loyal to the Habsburg Monarchy prior to Serbian independence, and organizations loyal to Serbia since. Note that many of the organizations either started out or ended up folded into official military organizations. These are distinct from institutions with formal status and a direct leadership structure under a nation-state, examples being the
World War I era
First Serbian Division and the post-2006 modern
Serbian Army, which do not belong on this list.
Young Bosnia, militant group closely tied to the Black Hand that directly carried out the assassination
White Hand, a secret military organization in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). It was established in order to counter the influence of the Black Hand, and relied on the People's Radical Party.
World War II
Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army (
Chetniks)