Jugoslovenska armija – prvi poratni meseci u Sloveniji 1945.

Based on sources and literature, the article explores the operation of the Yugoslav Army in the second half of 1945. It discusses issues of organisation, number of soldiers, legal regulations, and leadership, then the transition to peacetime life in the barracks throughout Yugoslavia, and the issue of border security. With the formation of the provisional government of the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the former National Defence Commission was transformed into the Ministry of National Defence, headed by Marshal Tito, in 1945. On 31 May 1945, Tito signed a decree on the formation and location of the supreme strategic commands of the six armies of the Land Army; in addition, there were the Air Force, Navy, Education, and Internal Army: The People’s Defence Corps of Yugoslavia. A special and new unit within the Yugoslav Army was the security service, i.e. the Counterintelligence Service. The article shows the first steps of the Partisan army in peacetime, i.e. in barracks, as well as its role in the crisis around Trieste and in the occupation of parts of Austria. A special focus is on its role in the first post-war elections in the autumn of 1945, after which the monarchy was formally abolished in Yugoslavia. This was followed by demobilisation.