▁per sec uted ▁by ▁Y ug oslav ▁Commun ist ▁authorities . ▁ ▁Early ▁activity ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁organized ▁anti - F asc ist ▁resistance ▁activities ▁in ▁the ▁Julian ▁March ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁in ▁the ▁eastern most ▁districts ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁( around ▁Post oj na ▁and ▁Il ir ska ▁B istr ica ), ▁on ▁the ▁border ▁with ▁Y ug oslav ia . ▁Local ▁Sloven e ▁activ ists ▁established ▁contacts ▁with ▁the ▁Y ug oslav ▁national ist ▁organization ▁Or j una , ▁launch ing ▁first ▁attacks ▁at ▁Italian ▁military ▁and ▁police ▁personnel . ▁These ▁were ▁however ▁still ▁mostly ▁individual ▁actions , ▁without ▁an ▁organiz ational ▁background . ▁The ▁connections ▁between ▁the ▁Sloven e ▁anti - F asc ist ▁activ ists ▁and ▁the ▁Or j una ▁were ▁soon ▁broken ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁different ▁ide ological ▁ag enda . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Sloven e ▁liberal ▁national ist ▁activ ists ▁met ▁on ▁the ▁N anos ▁Pl ate au ▁above ▁the ▁V ip ava ▁Valley , ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁form ▁an ▁ins urg ence ▁organization ▁called ▁T IG R , ▁an ▁abbre viation ▁of ▁the ▁names ▁Tri este , ▁Ist ria , ▁Gor izia , ▁R ije ka . ▁F ew ▁months ▁later , ▁another ▁meeting ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Tri este , ▁where ▁a ▁group ▁connected ▁to ▁the ▁former ▁established ▁the ▁organization ▁Bor ba ▁( F ight ), ▁which ▁also ▁included ▁some ▁Cro at ▁activ ists ▁from ▁Ist ria . ▁From ▁the