Pada asalnya ia merupakanpasukan gerila, puak Partisan berkembang menjadi sebuah pasukan pejuang besar yang terlibat dalampeperangan konvensional kemudiannya, berjumlah kira-kira 650,000 orang pada akhir tahun 1944 dan disusun dalam 4tentera darat medan dan 52divisyen. Objektif utama puak Partisan ialah pembebasan tanah Yugoslavia dari tentera penjajah dan pembentukan negara komunis berbilang etnik di Yugoslavia.
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