Royal Croatian Home Guard

Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo Royal Croatian Home Guard
Home Guard Cap Badge
Active	1868 - 1918
Country	Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Branch	Army
Motto(s)	Za kralja i Domovinu (For King and Homeland)
Engagements	World War I
Commanders
Notable commanders	Svetozar Borojević Stjepan Sarkotić

The Royal Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Kraljevsko hrvatsko domobranstvo, often simply Domobranstvo or Domobran in singular, in German: Croatisch-Slawonische Landwehr) was the Croatian army section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr (Hungarian: Magyar Királyi Honvédség), which existed from 1868 to 1918. The force was created by decree of the Croatian Parliament on December 5, 1868 as a result of the Croatian-Hungarian Settlement.

The settlement specified four conditions:

eight squadrons:

then eight battalions:

in the next five years:

and the:

The 42nd Home Guard Infantry Division consisting of the 25th, 26th, 27th and 28th Home Guard Infantry regiment under the Command of Stjepan Sarkotić took part in the battle against Serbia in August, 1914 together with the 104th Landsturm (pučko-ustaška) Brigade under the Command of Theodor Bekić.

During World War II, the Independent State of Croatia was formed and its regular army was also called the "Croatian Home Guard". It existed from April 1941 to May 1945.

On 24 December 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, a part of the Croatian Army was formed that was also called the "Home Guard". It ceased to exist in a 2003 reorganization.

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