Editing League of Communists of Yugoslavia

{{Infobox political party|name=League of Communists of Yugoslavia|native_name=Savez komunista Jugoslavije<br>Савез комуниста Југославије<br>Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија<br>Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije|logo=Emblem of the SKJ.svg|founded=20 April 1919|leader=[[Josip Broz Tito]]|dissolution=22 January 1990}}{{Communist Parties}}
The '''League of Communists of Yugoslavia''' ('''SKJ''') was the founding and ruling party of [[Socialism|socialist]] [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1992)|Yugoslavia]].

== History ==

=== War ===
The SKJ had 12,000 members at the start of the [[German Reich (1933–1945)|Nazi]] invasion, but 8,000 died during the war. The party gained 140,000 members during the war and 360,000 more by 1948. The membership included some [[Kulak|kulaks]] and [[Petty bourgeoisie|petty bourgeois]].<ref name=":02233232">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=From Stalin to Khrushchev|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=246}}</ref>

=== Tito–Stalin split ===
After [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]] split with [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] in 1948, he started a purge against pro-Stalin elements of the party, arresting the CC members [[Andrija Hebrang]] and [[Sreten Žujović]]. and killing General [[Slavko Rodić]].<ref name=":02233232" />

== References ==
[[Category:Communist parties]]