 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Sezvo vakanga varatidza kuti vanokosha munguva yeHondo dzeBalkan, uto reSerbia rakashandisa Chetniks muHondo Yenyika I nenzira imwecheteyo, uye kunyange zvazvo vaibatsira vakatambura kurasikirwa kukuru. Pakupera kweSerbian campaign ya1914-1915, vakadzokera neuto muGreat Retreat kuCorfu uye gare gare vakarwa paMacedonian front. VaChetnik vokuMontenegro vakarwisanawo nehurumende yeAustria neHungary yaitonga nyika iyoyo. Mukupera kwa1916, makambani matsva eChetnik akanga achirongwa kuti arwe kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweSerbia yaitongwa neBulgaria. Vachinetseka nezvokutsiva kupandukira kwakakura, uto reSerbia rakatumira mutungamiriri akare weChetnik Kosta Pećanac kunodzivisa kubuda kwedenda. Zvisinei, vaBulgaria vakatanga kunyoresa vaSerbia, uye mazana evarume akabatana nezvikwata zvevaChetnik. Ikoku kwakaguma neKumukira kweToplica kwa1917pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaKosta Vojinović, uyo Pećanac akazopedzisira abatana naye. Pakutanga rakabudirira, kumukira kwacho pakupedzisira kwakadzvinyirirwa navaBulgaria navaAustria-Hungary, uye kutsiva kweropa mukurwisana navanhuwo zvavo kwakatevera. Pećanac akabva ashandisa maChetnik kuita basa rekuparadza uye kurwisa mauto eBulgaria, ndokuzopinda munzvimbo yaitongwa neAustria-Hungary. Nguva pfupi hondo isati yapera, mapoka evaChetnik akaparadzwa, vamwe vachidzokera kumusha uye vamwe vachibatana neuto rose. Humambo hwevaSerb, maCroat nemaSlovenes hwakagadzirwa nekubatanidzwa kweSerbia, Montenegro nenzvimbo dzeSouth Slavic dzeAustria-Hungary musi wa 1 Zvita 1918, nguva pfupi yapfuura hondo. 