The Montenegrin Volunteer Corps (, ; ) was a collaborationist military formation that was created in the spring of 1944 under Chetnik leader Pavle ÃÂurià ¡iàwith assistance from the Germans, Milan NediÃÂ, and Dimitrije LjotiÃÂ. It was formally a part of the Serbian Volunteer Corps. The Corps consisted of some of ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ's former troopers that were released from German captivity, but the majority were Chetniks that remained in Montenegro under the name of "national forces". ÃÂurià ¡iàdeveloped the force in Montenegro and Sandà ¾ak and it consisted of between 7,000 and 8,000 men.
In April 1945, negotiations were launched between ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ, Sekula DrljeviÃÂ, and the Ustaà ¡a for safe passage to German-occupied Slovenia and a safe-conduct agreement was formed. The details of the agreement are not known, but it appears ÃÂurià ¡iàand his troops were meant to cross the Sava River into Slavonia where they would be aligned with Drljeviàas the "Montenegrin National Army" with ÃÂurià ¡iàretaining operational command. ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ, however, along with some other Chetnik commanders, including Zaharije Ostojiàand Petar BaÃÂoviÃÂ, some political leaders, and a number of Orthodox priests were killed in apparent trap set by Drljeviàand the Ustaà ¡a. A small part of ÃÂurià ¡iÃÂ's troops escaped and went west; however a larger part of them, left without a leader, were integrated into DrljeviÃÂ's forces and were dispatched towards the Austrian border. A portion of both groups were later caught by the Yugoslav Partisans in Slovenia. The majority of those who successfully crossed into Austria were returned by the Partisans to Slovenia, where, alongside other collaborationist forces, they met their doom in May. Of the entire force that began with ÃÂurià ¡iàin Montenegro and other Chetniks that joined him for the trek less than a fourth survived.