Slovenian Territorial Defence: Difference between revisions

| commander-in-chief= [[President of Slovenia|President]] [[Milan Kučan]] (1990-19941990–1994)

| minister= [[Janez Janša]] (1990-19941990–1994)

| commander= Janez Slapar (1991-19931991–1993)<br>[[Albin Gutman]] (1993-19941993–1994)

The '''Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia''' ({{lang-sl|Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije}} ('''TO RS''')''), also known as the '''Territorial Defense of Slovenia''' (Slovenian: ''Teritorialna obramba Slovenije ['''TOS''']''), was the predecessor of the [[Slovenian Armed Forces]]. It was named after the [[Territorial Defense (Yugoslavia)|Yugoslav Territorial Defense]].

After the 1968 [[SovietWarsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia]], the Yugoslav political Summitleadership adopted the doctrine of General People's Defence<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.slovenskavojska.si/en/about-the-slovenian-armed-forces/history/ |title=About the Slovenian Armed Forces] |access-date=2014-10-13 |archive-date=2012-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622163346/http://www.slovenskavojska.si/en/about-the-slovenian-armed-forces/history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and established the [[Territorial Defence ForcesDefense (Yugoslavia)|Territorial Defence ForcesDefense]]. After the victory of democratic parties in the democratic [[political1990 party]]Slovenian inparliamentary [[Sloveniaelection]] in 1990, the central government in [[Belgrade]] ordered disarmament of TO Slovenia, a decision that was effectively ignored. Many [[weapons]] subsequently disappeared from supply depots and were later issued to the initial territorial defence units of the [[Slovenia|Republic of Slovenia]].

The command language in TO was Slovenian, and this itself was organized in the form of an ancillary impact force to the JNA. After 1990 it was organized as a separate army, which was finally formed in the months before independence, in accordance with the Slovenian Constitution, which had already been adopted in 19901991.

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