Serbian National Defense Council

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Serbian National Defense Council (SND)
HeadquartersChicago, Toronto, Sydney
Key people
Mihajlo Pupin
Jovan Dučić
Momčilo Đujić
Nikola Kavaja
Dragiša Kašiković
Websitewww.snd-us.com

The Serbian National Defense Council (SND) (Serbian Cyrillic: Српска Народна Одбрана) is a Serb diaspora community organization whose goal is to protect Serbs, the Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian interests abroad.[1] It is based in Chicago (United States), and also has chapters in Toronto (Canada) and Sydney (Australia).

History

Establishment and the First World War

SND was founded by

Salonika front.[3]

World War Two

By 1941, SND headquarters were relocated to

Dragoljub Mihailovich, appointed by the London-based Yugoslav government-in-exile at the time.[5]

Post-World War Two

After

US, primarily SND, and continued until 1947.[5]

The SND engaged itself closely with the new

Voivoda Momčilo Đujić as a trustee of the organization in 1949.[6]

In 1951, chapters of the Serbian National Defense Council were established in

Sydney, Australia.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dragnich, Alex N. (Spring 1988). "American Serbs and Old World Politics". Serbian Studies. 4: 17.
  2. ISBN 978-1-59884-220-3
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  3. ^ "Bilateral News 2008 | Embassy of the United States Serbia". serbia.usembassy.gov. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  4. ^ Dragnich, Alex N. (Spring 1988). "American Serbs and Old World Politics". Serbian Studies. 4: 19.
  5. ^ a b Lees, Lorraine M. (2007). Yugoslav-Americans and National Security during World War II.
  6. ^ "Duke Momčilo Djujić | Pogledi". pogledi.rs. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  7. ISBN 978-0802029386
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  8. ISBN 978-0521807890
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External links
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