Green cadres (paramilitary)

People's Committee of the National Salvation of Bosniaks
Bošnjački Odbor "Narodni spas"
Formation	26 August 1942
Founder	Muhamed ef. Pandža
Purpose	To protect the Bosniaks in the Independent State of Croatia and the establishment of their own government.
Location	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Southeastern Europe;

Green Cadres
Green Cadres
Zeleni kadar
	"The patch of the Green Cadres and underneath the patch was the title: "Za din, Spremni!" ("For my Deen, Ready!")
Leaders	Nešad Topčić, Ibrahim Pjanić
Dates of operation	1941–1945
Headquarters	Sarajevo, Foča, Tuzla, Bihać
Active regions	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ideology	Bosniak nationalism, Separatism
Size	8,000
Allies	Hadžiefendić Legion (Until 1943)
Opponents	Chetniks ; Yugoslav Partisans (Until 1945) ; Ustaše (1945 only)
Battles and wars	World War II in Yugoslavia

Green Cadres (paramilitary) (Bosnian: Zeleni kadar) was a Bosniak nationalist paramilitary force during World War II. It was founded in early December 1941 as a reaction to a massacre of Bosniak men and women carried out in Foča by the Serb Chetniks. The organisation was formed in poor conditions and was not supported at first by the Croatian puppet government. It rose to power after the Partisans started to burst deeper into Bosnia. Its leader was Nešad Topčić.

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