never expose this kind of valutation in this lovely but controversial matterI cannot think of a single sustained conflict in history where a militia defeated a regular force unaided. Washington won with the men he turned into regulars at Valley Forge and the French. The Viet Cong won because they were regulars fighting a guerilla war. Tito won in Yugoslavia because he had outside support.
check Garibaldi's expedition in the italian dirty south, he recruited volunteers home by home on the route of his campaign, conquering about the half of this country without the intervention of the regulars troops from the kingdom of Piedmont (Savoy house).
About Tito's jugoslavian forces, they already were authentic warriors (in formations like Chetnicks, Ustasha, ..) before the war started, so a sort of veterans, sure!
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