GRANICE SRBIJE U VIĐENjIMA SRPSKE RADIKALNE STRANKE PRE I NAKON DRUGOG SVETSKOG RATA

Abstract

The Serbian Radical Party was formed in February 1940 by former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia Milan Stojadinović. The foundation of a new party was triggered by Cvetković–Maček’s Agreement and establishment of Banovina Hrvatska. In its program, Serbian Radical Party did not specify the borders of Serbia but the stood firmly on the position that Serbian interests in Yugoslavia were threatened by this agreement. The party called for unity of all Serbs within Yugoslavia, denying any possibility of division of Bosnia that was considered Serbian. After Stojadinovićʼs arrest activities of the party weaken and completely ceased to exist after the German occupation in the spring 1941.During the Fifties Serbian Radical Party shortly renewed its existence abroad. This was connected with Stojadinović’s actions in Argentina and his negotiations with Ante Pavelić, former leader of the Independent State of Croatia. Both politicians advocated for dissolution of Yugoslavia. There are some sources claiming that the agreement was made about the borders that separate future independent states, Serbia and Croatia. However, this second hand information is more rumor than a fact. In the aftermath of his adventure with Pavelić, and clash with some Serbian politician in exile, Stojadinović lost interest in the party. In 1961 after the death of its founder Serbian Radical Party ceased to exist.