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Boško Todorović
Boško Todorović was a Chetnik commander and delegate of the Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović in eastern Bosnia during World War II. During the interwar period he was a major in the Royal Yugoslav Army. Following the April 1941 Axis powers, Axis invasion of Yugoslavia he joined Mihailović's Chetnik movement. Initially considered a moderate, he was responsible for negotiating the transfer of parts of eastern Bosnia from Italian to Chetnik administration in November 1941, after which the Chetniks massacred hundreds of Muslim civilians in the region. He also signed a Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaboration agreement with the Italians to protect the Serb population in Italian-occupied areas. He was killed by the Yugoslav Partisans in February 1942, either trying to evade capture, or he was executed after a brief trial when captured in possession of compromising documents regarding collaboration with the Italians. In Serbia According to the former Chetniks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kifino Selo
Kifino Selo ( sr-cyrl, Кифино Село) is a village in the Municipalities of Republika Srpska, municipality of Nevesinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991. References Populated places in Nevesinje Villages in Republika Srpska {{Nevesinje-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žarko Todorović
Žarko P. Todorović "Valter" (1907 Belgrade – 2004 Paris) was one of the leaders of the Chetnik resistance in the first phase of World War II in the German occupied Yugoslavia, serving as first commander of the undercover Chetnik headquarters in Belgrade. Early life Todorović was born in Belgrade in 1907. He attended a Military Academy for both primary and secondary education and later attended the esteemed École Militaire in Paris, France for officer training. There, Todorović attended classes taught by Charles de Gaulle. Before the Second World War, Todorović was a major in the army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, working in the intelligence of the Supreme Command. Invasion of Yugoslavia (April–July 1941) With the onset of the invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941 (also known as the April War), Todorović, now at the rank of lieutenant colonel, was sent to the area to assist resistance fighters, known collectively as the Chetniks. He joined the Ravna Gora Movement, a res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pero Đukanović , Somerset, England
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Slaviša Vajner-Čiča
Slaviša () is a South Slavic masculine given name, an old Slavic origin given name derived from word "slav" - glory. This name may refer to: *Slaviša Čula, Serbian football player *Slaviša Dugić, Swiss football player *Slaviša Đurković, Montenegrin footballer *Slaviša Dvorančič, Slovenian football player *Slaviša Jokanović, Serbian football player *Slaviša Koprivica, Serbian basketball player *Slaviša Mitrović, Bosnian football player *Slaviša Stojanović, Serbian football player *Slaviša Vukićević, Bosnian football player *Slaviša Žungul Slaviša Žungul (born 28 July 1954), also known as Steve Zungul, is a retired Yugoslav American soccer striker. Žungul began his career with Hajduk in his native Yugoslavia before controversially moving to the United States where he became a ..., Yugoslavian-American football player See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Slavisa Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasenica
Vlasenica ( sr-Cyrl, Власеница) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 11,467 inhabitants, while the town of Vlasenica has a population of 7,228 inhabitants. Etymology The origin is not clear, but due to the name it may be named after the Vlachs who inhibited the region historically. History Some 70-200 Serbs were brutally Rašića Gaj massacres, massacred by Ustaše forces in Vlasenica's Rašića Gaj municipality between 22 June and 20 July 1941, after raping women and girls. At the end of July and beginning of August 1941 another group of 50 Serbs from Vlasenica District (mostly from Milići, Republika Srpska, Milići) were imprisoned and murdered. Between 2,000 and 3,000 Muslims were massacred by Serb Chetniks in Vlasenica, from December 1941 until February 1942. The Susica detention camp was established near Vlasenica in 1992. In its one year of existence, over 1,000 Bosniaks were reported to be kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Rogatica (1941)
The siege of Rogatica was a joint attack of Partisan and Chetnik rebel forces on Rogatica, then held by the Independent State of Croatia (modern-day in Bosnia and Herzegovina). The siege continued between 13 and 24 October 1941. Background At the beginning of World War II in Yugoslavia, Rogatica and all of eastern Bosnia along with Sandžak in Serbia became part of the Independent State of Croatia. The military units of the Independent State of Croatia in eastern Bosnia consisted of regular units of the Croatian Home Guard and members of the local Muslim population who were recruited into units of Ustaše militia that distinguished itself in the persecution of Serbs from the beginning of the war. During the war, Rogatica was captured many times by different belligerents. The first capture by combined Chetnik-Partisan forces occurred on 6 September 1941. The rebel forces that attacked Rogatica had around 400 men in total, consisting of 240 Partisans and 160 Chetnik forces co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanija (mountain)
Romanija ( sr-cyrl, Романија) is a mountain, karst plateau, and geographical region in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, including numerous villages and towns, such as Pale, Sokolac, Rogatica and Han Pijesak. Its highest point is Veliki Lupoglav (1,652 m). It is located about 20 km east of Sarajevo, between the neighboring mountains of Ozren to the north and Jahorina to the south. A football club from the neighbouring town of Pale bears its name, FK Romanija. History The region is north of Sarajevo and local features include the "Romanija Mountains" and "Romanija Planina". Administratively the region was part of the Republika Srpska's region called: Region Sarajevo-Romanija (formerly SAO Romanija). Bosnian region of Romanija In 1991-1992 there was the so-called "Bosnian Region of Romanija" ("Srpska autonomna oblast Romanija"), an autonomous region created by the Serbs, which was part of the Bosnian Serb republic during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. From Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drina River
The Drina ( sr-Cyrl, Дрина, ) is a long river in the Balkans, which forms a large portion of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps which belongs to the Danube River drainage basin. Its name is derived from the Ancient Rome, Roman name of the river () which in turn is derived from Greek language, Greek (Ancient Greek: ) which is derived from the native name of Illyrian language, Illyrian origin. But, this etymology is not sure.Illyrian languages are poorly documented (only ~50 glosses, mostly personal/place names). - No surviving texts exist, unlike Thracian (which has ~200 inscriptions and loanwords in Greek). - Scholars often label any pre-Slavic Balkan hydronym as "Illyrian" by default, even without proof.We don’t know if Drinus was Illyrian, Thracian, or another lost Paleo-Balkan language. - The safest claim: Drina derives from a ancient Indo-European roo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enver Redžić
Enver Redžić (; 4 May 1915 – 4 November 2009) was a Bosnian historian, cultural observer, professor, and founder of the publishing company ''Svjetlost''. During World War II, he was a member of anti-fascist groups ZAVNOBiH and AVNOJ. Early life and education Redžić, born to Bosnian Muslim parents in the village Stari Majdan by the Bosnian city Sanski Most, identified as an ethnic Serb. He attended elementary and secondary school in Bihać. He studied Yugoslav literature and history at the Philosophical Faculty in Sarajevo and graduated in 1940. World War II When World War II broke out in Yugoslavia in 1941, Redžić was in his 20s. He actively participated in NOB from 1941–45 and was also a councilor on the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia. He was secretary and vice president of the District People's Liberation Committee over from 1944 to 1945 in Bihać. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jezdimir Dangić
Jezdimir Dangić (; 4 May 1897 – 22 August 1947) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav and Serbs, Serb Chetniks, Chetnik commander during World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II. Born in the town of Bratunac, he was imprisoned during World War I for his membership of the revolutionary movement Young Bosnia. Dangić subsequently completed a law degree and became an officer in the gendarmerie of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the beginning of 1928. In 1929, the country changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. In 1940, Dangić was appointed to lead the Royal court, court gendarmerie detachment stationed at the Royal Palace (Belgrade), royal palace in the capital, Belgrade. During the Axis powers, Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Dangić commanded the gendarmerie unit that escorted Peter II of Yugoslavia, King Peter II to Montenegro as he fled the country. In August of that year, the leader of the Chetnik movement, Colonel Draža Mihailović ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Attila Hoare
Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972) is a British historian of the former Yugoslavia who also writes about current affairs, especially Southeast Europe, including Turkey and the Caucasus. Hoare is Associate Professor of History at the University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, in Sarajevo. Early life and education Hoare is the son of the British translator Quintin Hoare and the Croatian journalist and historian Branka Magaš. Hoare has been studying the history of the former Yugoslavia since 1993. In the summer of 1995, he acted as translator for the humanitarian aid convoy to the Bosnian town of Tuzla, organised by Workers' Aid for Bosnia, a movement of solidarity in support of the Bosnian people. His degrees in History are a BA (1994; later converted to an MA) from the University of Cambridge and a MPhil (1997) and PhD from Yale University (2000). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian fascist and ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement (). From its inception and before the World War II, Second World War, the organization engaged in a series of terrorist activities against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, including collaborating with Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, IMRO to assassinate King Alexander I of Yugoslavia#Assassination of Alexander I, Alexander I of Yugoslavia in 1934.The Assassination of Europe, 1918-1942: A Political History, Howard M. Sachar, University of Toronto Press, 2014, , pp. 251–258. During World War II in Yugoslavia, the Ustaše went on to perpetrate The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, the Holocaust and genocide against its Jews, Jewish, Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, Serb and Romani Holoca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
