Za dom spremni

Za dom spremni! (lit. "For home (land) - ready!") was a salute used during World War II by the Ustaše movement. It was the Ustaše equivalent of the fascist or Nazi salute "Sieg heil".

During World War II, radical Croatian nationalists and fascists - Ustaša movement - ruled the Axis puppet state Independent State of Croatia (1941-5), created after the invasion and breakup of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The salute "Za Dom - spremni!", was immediately instituted as a new, revolutionary salute to be used in official correspondence and everyday life. On April 10th 1941 Slavko Kvaternik, designated commander-in-chief of the State's Armed Forces and deputy of state leader (Poglavnik) Ante Pavelić, the establishment of the state on Radio Zagreb, and ended the statement with Bog i Hrvati! Za dom spremni! In October 1941, state minister of education and culture Mile Budak issued strict rules regarding the mandatory usage of the salute. In July 1941, Ustaša commissar for Sarajevo, Jure Francetić, issued a circular to state authorities on the importance of using the Ustaša greeting. As British historian Rory Yeomans notes, the Ustaše authorities were disappointed with the low acceptance of the salute among the population, even in the areas where the new regime enjoyed support. State officials and the government-controlled press constantly complained about the lack of the usage of the new salute, threatened with sanctions and reprimanded those who did not use it. In 1944, newspapers admonished the readers that "in the Independent State of Croatia there exists only one greeting: For the homeland - prepared!" According to Yeomans, Ustaša movement saw the usage of the new greeting as "not only the question of ideological purity, but also the national pride." Ustaša official Mijo Bzik furiously attacked all other greetings as foreign, servile and slavish. All official government and military reports and documents usually ended with "Za dom spremni."Ante Pavelić used the salute to end all of his private correspondence even after the war ended, in exile (1945-56.)

...
Wikipedia