 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mutemo weUstacha kune maSerb wakawedzera kutyaira vazhinji vavo vakabatana neChetniks kana maYugoslav Partisans avo vaive vakasimba zvikuru mumatunhu eLika, Kordun neBanovina. Muna 194142, ruzhinji rwevapanduki muCroatia vaive maSerb, asi muna Gumiguru 1943 ruzhinji rwacho rwaive maCroats. Kuchinja uku kwakakonzerwa nechisarudzo chemunhu anokosha weCroatian Peasant Party, Božidar Magovac, kujoina maPartisan muna Chikumi 1943, uye chikamu nekuda kwekuregererwa kweItaly munaGunyana 1943. VaUstahe vakapa Northern Dalmatia kuItaly yechiFascist, kutya kweItaly kwevanhu uye kutonga zvisina kunaka kwevaUstahe neAxis vapambi kwaizowedzera kusundira maCroats kune vanopikisa. Pakasvika nguva yokuzvipira kweItaly kuvaAllies vaSerb navaCroat vakanga vachibatanidzwa zvakaenzana mukuwirirana nehukuru hwavagari vemo sezvazvakanga zviri muYugoslavia yose zvayo. Pakupedzisira, muzana yevaSerbia yakadonha ichitsigira maCroat pakupera kwehondo ichisvika pa28.6 muna 1944 muCroatia. Mupiro wechiSerb kuCroatian Partisans waimiririra zvinopfuura chikamu chavo chevagari vemo. Mushure mekupinda kweYugoslavia nemauto eAxis, kumukira kweSerbia kwakatanga pasi pehutungamiriri hweChetnik muGračac, Srb, Donji Lapac, Drvar neBosansko Grahovo. Mutemo weChetniks pasi pehutungamiri hwaDraža Mihailović wakasiyana kubva pakurwisana nemaNazi kusvika pakushandira pamwe kana kusarudza navo munguva dzakasiyana munguva yehondo. Chinangwa chevaChetnik, chakavakirwa pamurayiro wa1941, chaiva chokusika Greater Serbia ine dzinza rimwe chete. Kuuraya kukuru kweChetnik kwakaitika kumabvazuva kweBosnia mukati meNDH kwavakatangira chero zviitiko zvakakosha zveUstache. Munharaunda dzavaidzora, vaChetnik vakatanga kuchenesa rudzi rwevagari vemo vechiCroat nevaMuslim. Zvisinei, ivowo vakabatana nemamwe masimba eUstache kuchamhembe kweBosnia uye vakarwa pamwe chete neYugoslav Partisans panguva yeCase White. 