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== Formation and activities ==

== Formation and activities ==

As Yugoslavia was invaded in April of 1941, the Communist party was one of the first to start organizing the resistance. Immediately after the occupation, members of the party started collecting weapons and organizing the first squads of partisans. Already in the mid of June, the partisans performed their first actions against the occupants and by autumn the movement had grown to tens of thousands of partisans. The true power of the partisan movement was shown when for a month and a half, the wider area of the Serbian city Užice was liberated by the Serbian partisans.  

As Yugoslavia was invaded in April 1941, the Communist party was one of the first to start organizing the resistance. Immediately after the occupation, members of the party started collecting weapons and organizing the first squads of partisans. Already in the mid of June, the partisans performed their first actions against the occupants and by autumn the movement had grown to tens of thousands of partisans. The true power of the partisan movement was shown when for a month and a half, the wider area of the Serbian city Užice was liberated by the Serbian partisans.  

Despite the partisans being considered a completely communist movement, that was not true. In [[Slovenia]], for instance, the resistance movement was founded by three equal parties: the Communists, the Sokol (eagle) movement and the Christian Socialists. It was not until 1943 that Communists took the leading role in the Slovene partisan movement.

Despite the partisans being considered a completely communist movement, that was not true. In [[Slovenia]], for instance, the resistance movement was founded by three equal parties: the Communists, the Sokol (eagle) movement and the Christian Socialists. It was not until 1943 that Communists took the leading role in the Slovene partisan movement.