The Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, also known by its Yugoslav abbreviation CNK (), was an advisory body of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (commonly known as the Chetniks) established during WWII in August 1941 by the group of political representatives of all prewar opposition parties. Background After the short April War in 1941, Axis forces swiftly occupied and destroyed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. A small group of Yugoslav officers, led by Draža Mihailović, did not accept the capitulation of the Yugoslav Army and organized resistance in their headquarters at Ravna Gora. As soon as the news about this resistance movement reached Belgrade, many intellectuals and members of non-Communist political parties supported it. This group became the nucleus of CNK, which coordinated their activities with the headquarters. Establishment The CNK was established at the end of August 1941 as a consultative body. According to some sources, the CNK was established in September 1941. The Chetniks established Mountain Staff No. 1 and Central National Committee, forming the ideological substance of the Chetnik movement - For Democracy, Against All Dictatorships - their aim for the war. The CNK was composed of the political representatives of all prewar opposition parties. Its Executive Board members were Dragiša Vasić, Mladen Mlađa Žujović, and Stevan Moljević. After some time, regional committees were established in Montenegro () and in Split. () Although they supported Mihajlović, they were not directly subordinated to the CNK. Activities The CNK did not have particular importance. Is Executive Board was active for the first two years only. At the beginning of 1943 the CNK was expanded and joined by Aleksandar Aksentijević, Đuro Đurović, Mustafa Mulalić and Đuro Vilović. The CNK began with resistance to Axis occupying forces. According to the decisions of the Ba Congress, the CNK was designated to acquire political responsibility and cooperate with Allies until liberation from Fascists and Communists and with the government of the coming Yugoslav Federation composed of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. The vice president of CNK was Mustafa Mulalić. He hoped to collect all Muslim sympathizers of the Yugoslav Federation as projected by the Chetniks. The official organ of the CNK was Glas Jugoslavije ("Voice of Yugoslavia"), initiated on 10 July 1944. It was edited by the Executive Board of the CNK, mainly by Dr. Đura Đurović who was board's secretary between June and September 1944. Final days Facing the entrance