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When it was founded in 1930, it was a nationalist organization that sought to create an independent Croatian state. When the Ustaše came to power in the NDH, a quasi-protectorate established by Fascist Italy and [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] during World War II, its military wings became the Army of the Independent State of Croatia and the Ustaše militia. However the Ustaše never received massive support.

The movement functioned as a terrorist organization before World War II but in April 1941, they were appointed to rule a part of [[Axis Powers|Axis]]-occupied Yugoslavia as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which has been described as both an Italian-German quasi-protectorate, and as a puppet state of Nazi Germany.

The movement functioned as a terrorist organization before World War II but in April 1941, they were appointed to rule a part of [[Axis Powers|Axis]]-occupied Yugoslavia as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which has been described as both an Italian-German quasi-protectorate, and as a [[puppet state]] of Nazi Germany.

==History==

In 1929, when King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] tried to suppress the conflict between Croatian and Serbian political parties by imposing a personal dictatorial regime in Yugoslavia, Ante Pavelić, a former delegate to Parliament and an advocate of Croatian separatism, fled to Italy and formed the Ustaša (“Insurgence”) movement.

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 When it was founded in 1930, it was a nationalist organization that sought to create an independent Croatian state. When the Ustaše came to power in the NDH, a quasi-protectorate established by Fascist Italy and [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]] during World War II, its military wings became the Army of the Independent State of Croatia and the Ustaše militia. However the Ustaše never received massive support.
-The movement functioned as a terrorist organization before World War II but in April 1941, they were appointed to rule a part of [[Axis Powers|Axis]]-occupied Yugoslavia as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which has been described as both an Italian-German quasi-protectorate, and as a puppet state of Nazi Germany.
+The movement functioned as a terrorist organization before World War II but in April 1941, they were appointed to rule a part of [[Axis Powers|Axis]]-occupied Yugoslavia as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), which has been described as both an Italian-German quasi-protectorate, and as a [[puppet state]] of Nazi Germany.
 ==History==
 In 1929, when King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] tried to suppress the conflict between Croatian and Serbian political parties by imposing a personal dictatorial regime in Yugoslavia, Ante Pavelić, a former delegate to Parliament and an advocate of Croatian separatism, fled to Italy and formed the Ustaša (“Insurgence”) movement.