The Armed Forces of the People's Council of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in archival material

The aim of this thesis The Armed Forces of the People's Council of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in archival material is to systematise and present the brief history of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs with a focus on its armed forces and their origin, organization and activity in accordance with the original archival material and relevant historiographical literature. Through a thorough analysis of the relevant sources, we have assembled a contextualised overview of the brief history of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, its main policies, key figures, and institutions within the context of the policy of immediate and unavoidable unification with the Kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The main topics covered are the overview of the socio-political state within the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the last year of World War One with a focus on the state of affairs within the area of the future State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, which serves as an introduction and provides context for the events and developments covered in the thesis. Following that, we have an examination of the unrest and rioting that broke out as the functions of the dissolving Empire were disintegrating and the foundation of the new State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs with a detailed review of its administration, policies, activity as well as key political figures of the newly founded State. The primary focus of the thesis is the founding, organisation and activity of the newly founded State’s Armed Forces which is covered through an extensive aggregation of data drawn from the archival material, publications and relevant literature. Our conclusion is that the transitory nature of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs within the policy of unification with the Kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro proved to be a decisive factor in the disorganisation of its affairs and the inactivity of the relevant parties within the State which in turn led to the, with very rare exceptions, the almost complete inefficacy of its Armed Forces in relieving and resolving any of the pressing issues, both internal and external, facing the newly founded State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.Cilj ovog rada “Oružane snage Narodnog vijeća Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba u arhivskog građi“ je sistematizacija i predstavljanje kratke povijesti Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba sa posebnim fokusom na njezine oružane snage i njihov osnutak, organizaciju i djelovanje u skladu sa izvornom arhivskom građom i relevantnom historiografskom literaturom. Detaljnom analizom relevantnih izvora sastavljen je kontekstualizirani pregled kratke povijesti Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba, njenih glavnih politika, ključnih aktera i institucija unutar konteksta politike neposrednog i neizbježnog ujedinjenja sa Kraljevstvima Srbijom i Crnom Gorom u Kraljevstvo Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca. Glavne teme obrađene u ovom radu su pregled sociopolitičke situacije unutar Austro-Ugarske Monarhije u zadnjoj godini Prvog svjetskog rata sa posebnim fokusom na stanje na teritoriju buduće Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba koje služi kao uvod i izvor konteksta za događaje i kretanja kojima se bavimo u ovome radu. Slijedeće donosimo pregled nemira i nereda koji su izbijali paralelno sa dezintegracijom upravnih aparata nestajuće Monarhije i osnutkom nove Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba uz detaljan prikaz administracije, politika, djelovanja i ključnih ličnosti novonastale Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba. Primarni fokus ovog rada je osnutak, organizacija i djelovanje oružanih snaga novonastale Države koje je obrađeno kroz ekstenzivnu agregaciju podataka sakupljenih iz arhivske građe, publikacija i relevantne literature. Naš zaključak je da je tranzitivna priroda Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba unutar politike ujedinjenja sa Kraljevstvima Srbijom i Crnom Gorom bila ključni faktor u dezorganizaciji njezina djelovanja te neaktivnosti ključnih organa i ličnosti unutar Države Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba koji je doveo do, uz veoma rijetke iznimke, skoro potpune neučinkovitosti njezinih oružanih snaga u olakšavanju i rješavanju raznovrsnih internih i eksternih problema s kojima se suočavala novonastala Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba