Republic of Užice

Republic of Užice
Užička republika
Ужичка република
1941
Flag used by the Užice Partisan Detachment
Anthem: None official[a]
Liberated and partially liberated territories in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia on 29 August 1941, marked in red
CapitalUžice
Common languagesSerbo-Croatian
Chairman[b] 
General Secretary[c] 
LegislatureMain National Liberation Committee for Serbia
Historical eraWorld War II
• Partisan arrival in Užice
28 July 1941
• Battle of Drežnik
18 August 1941
• German ultimatum
10 September 1941
• Fall of Užice
24 September 1941
• Battle of Kadinjača
29 November 1941
• Conquered
1 December 1941
Preceded by
Succeeded by
German-occupied Serbia
German-occupied Serbia
Today part ofSerbia
  1. ^ There was no officially adopted anthem. Sa Ovčara i Kablara was a popular song on liberated territories around Užice, and was considered the unofficial anthem of this short-lived state. Himna Užičkoj Republici ("Anthem to the Republic of Užice") was created after the war.
  2. ^ Chairman of the Main Peoples Council of Serbia.
  3. ^ General Secretary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Commander in Chief of the Partisans.

The Republic of Užice or the Užice Republic (Serbo-Croatian: Užička republika / Ужичка република) was a short-lived liberated Yugoslav territory and the first liberated territory in World War II Europe, organized as a military mini-state that existed in the autumn of 1941 in occupied Yugoslavia, more specifically the western part of the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia. The Republic was established by the Partisan resistance movement and its administrative center was in the town of Užice.