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Kronika: časopis za slovensko krajevno zgodovino
Between Myth and Truth. The Development of War Historiography on the Example of the Battle of Dražgoše
This work by Klemen Kocjančič is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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One of the most important events that took place in Slovenia during the Second World War was undoubtedly the Battle of Dražgoše, fought in January 1942 between the Partisan Cankar Battalion and the German occupying forces. Whereas the course and aftermath of the battle itself have never been disputed, a few important details related to it have for decades remained the subject of debate. Based on the analysis of the most influential historiographical works on the Battle of Dražgoše, the article will demonstrate how the knowledge about the battle—primarily regarding the questions of what German units participated in it and what losses they suffered—has changed over decades as well as how historiographical works also began to be used for political purposes. The aim of the article is to show the importance of (military and war) historiography for the constant striving to find the truth about historical events, regardless of the mythological aura around them.
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- identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11686/66285
- title
- Med mitom in resnico
- Razvoj vojnega zgodovinopisja na primeru bitke za Dražgoše
- Between Myth and Truth. The Development of War Historiography on the Example of the Battle of Dražgoše
- creator
- Klemen Kocjančič
- contributor
- Miha Preinfalk (odg. ur.)
- Barbara Šterbenc Svetina (teh. ur.)
- Manca Gašperšič (prev.)
- Rok Janežič (lekt.)
- subject
- vojaška zgodovina
- druga svetovna vojna
- Dražgoše
- zgodovinopisje
- nemška okupacija
- partizani
- military history
- second world war
- Dražgoše
- Historiography
- German occupation
- Partisans
- description
- Eden najpomembnejših dogodkov na Slovenskem v času druge svetovne vojne je bila nedvomno bitka za Dražgoše, ki je potekala januarja 1942 med partizanskim Cankarjevim bataljonom in nemškimi okupacijskimi silami. Medtem ko potek ter posledice same bitke nikoli niso bile sporne, pa to ne velja za nekatere pomembne detajle o bitki. Na podlagi analize najvplivnejših zgodovinopisnih del o dražgoški bitki bo prikazano, kako se je narativ o bitki – predvsem o vprašanjih, katere nemške enote so sodelovale v bitki in kakšne so bile njihove izgube – skozi desetletja spreminjal ter kako so zgodovinopisna dela prešla v politično rabo. Namen prispevka je pokazati pomen (vojaške in vojne) zgodovinopisne stroke pri nenehnem stremenju k iskanju resnice o zgodovinskih dogodkih, ne glede na mitološko avro okoli njih.
- One of the most important events that took place in Slovenia during the Second World War was undoubtedly the Battle of Dražgoše, fought in January 1942 between the Partisan Cankar Battalion and the German occupying forces. Whereas the course and aftermath of the battle itself have never been disputed, a few important details related to it have for decades remained the subject of debate. Based on the analysis of the most influential historiographical works on the Battle of Dražgoše, the article will demonstrate how the knowledge about the battle—primarily regarding the questions of what German units participated in it and what losses they suffered—has changed over decades as well as how historiographical works also began to be used for political purposes. The aim of the article is to show the importance of (military and war) historiography for the constant striving to find the truth about historical events, regardless of the mythological aura around them.
- publisher
- Zveza zgodovinskih društev Slovenije
- date
- 11. 2024
- type
- besedilo
- language
- Slovenščina
- Angleščina
- isPartOf
- rights
- license: ccByNcSa