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AVNOJ, Antifašističko V(ij)eće Narodnog Oslobođenja Jugoslavije, stands for Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia.

This was the political leadership of the main anti-fascist forces of Yugoslavia during its occupation in the World War II, the Partisans led by Tito.

AVNOJ proclaimed new Yugoslavia on 29 November 1943 in Jajce.

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