In their struggle against the Axis forces, the partisans viewed the Chetniks as misled and continuously called on them to defect. A similar policy was conducted toward members of the Croatian Home Guard. Those who defected were included in the partisan ranks or were given amnesty. On 17 August 1944, Josip Broz Tito proclaimed a general amnesty for Chetniks and members of the Croatian Home Guards on condition that they did not commit any crimes and join the partisans before 15 September 1944. Members of voluntary anticommunist or quisling formations (Serbian Volunteer Corps, Ustashe Militia and Russian Protective Corps) were excluded from the offer. This amnesty, as well as the proclamation of King Peter II on 12 September 1944, that all armed formations should come under the command of Marshal Tito, led to a fall in the numbers of the Chetnik and the Croatian Home Guard. Another amnesty was proclaimed on 21 November 1944, and again by the adoption of the Amnesty and Pardoning Act of 6 July 1945. Between 10,000-15,000 Chetniks were amnestied in this way, which accounted for about a third to a half of the Chetniks in Serbia at that time.