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Mission Rogers
Mission Rogers was a World War II Special Operations Executive (SOE) medical and military expedition to Yugoslav Partisans in Dalmatia, western Bosnia and Slovenia. The group was led by Major Lindsay Rogers and included Sergeant William (Bill) Gillanders RAMC and an RAF Sergeant Ian McGregor. Codenamed "Vaseline" the mission left southern Italy in a Royal Navy submarine and reached the island of Vis in late November 1943. Background After the Allied victory in North Africa, and their advancement in southern Italy, it became logistically easier to assist anti-Axis fighters throughout the Balkans. By this time, Yugoslav Partisans led by Marshall Tito made significant wins and territory gains against both Italian and German war machine. British Government, although initially hesitant, decided to send their first expedition led by William Deakin in May 1943, and the second one four months later, led by Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean. The partisan warfare demanded agility and near- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its purpose was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements. Few people were aware of SOE's existence. Those who were part of it or liaised with it were sometimes referred to as the " Baker Street Irregulars", after the location of its London headquarters. It was also known as "Churchill's Secret Army" or the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". Its various branches, and sometimes the organisation as a whole, were concealed for security purposes behind names such as the "Joint Technical Board" or the "Inter-Service Research Bureau", or fictitious branches of the Air Ministry, Admiralty or War Office. SOE operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park ( hr, Nacionalni park Plitvička jezera, colloquially ''Plitvice'', ) is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia. In 1979, Plitvice Lakes National Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, due to its outstanding and picturesque series of tufa lakes, caves, connected by waterfalls. The national park was founded in 1949 and is in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia, at the border to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The important north–south road that passes through the national park area connects the Croatian inland with the Adriatic coastal region. The protected area extends over . About 90% of this area is part of Lika-Senj County, while the remaining 10% is part of Karlovac County. Each year, more than 1 million visitors are recorded. Entrance is subject to variable charges, up to 300 kuna or around €39 per adult per day in summer 2022. Area The national park is world-famous for its lakes arranged in cascad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ataševac
Ataševac ( sr-cyrl, Аташевац) is a village in the Municipalities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, municipality of Drvar, Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 12, all Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbs. Footnotes Bibliography * Populated places in Drvar {{Canton10-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linn Farrish
Linn Markley Farrish (October 3, 1901 – September 11, 1944) was an American rugby union player and alleged spy. Rugby Farrish competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the American rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Espionage Farrish was a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the Second World War. While acting as the OSS liaison officer to Josip Tito's Yugoslav Partisans, as part of Maclean Mission (Macmis), he submitted a one-sided assessment of anti-Nazi resistance, grossly exaggerating the effectiveness of the Communist Partisans and denigrating the anti-Communist Chetniks as collaborators. He was also allegedly serving Soviet intelligence. Farrish is referenced in the following Venona project decryption: 1397 KGB New York to Moscow, 4 October 1944. His code name in Soviet intelligence, as deciphered in the Venona project, was "Attila". He died in an aircraft crash in the Balkans in September 1944. Biographer Mark Ryan sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrovac, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Petrovac ( sr-cyr, Петровац) is a municipality located in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the western part of Republika Srpska and the central part of the Krajina region. Petrovac was created from a small part of the pre-war municipality of Bosanski Petrovac, whose remaining portion kept the original name and is a part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality seat is the village of Drinić. Geography Petrovac is a rural municipality, consisting of villages Bunara, Drinić and Podsrnetica and parts of Bravski Vaganac, Bukovača,and Klenovac. It is located between municipalities of Bosanski Petrovac in the north and west, Ribnik and Istočni Drvar in the east, and Drvar in the south. The total area of the municipality is 137 km2, about a sixth of 853 km2 of the pre-war municipality. History Petrovac was created in 1995 following the end of the Bosnian War. As of 2019, it is one of the smallest municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randolph Churchill
Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer-Churchill (28 May 1911 – 6 June 1968) was an English journalist, writer, soldier, and politician. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from 1940 to 1945. The only son of British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill, he wrote the first two volumes of the official life of his father, complemented by an extensive archive of materials. His first wife (1939–46) was Pamela Digby; their son, Winston, followed his father into Parliament. Childhood Randolph Churchill was born at his parents' house at Eccleston Square, London, on 28 May 1911. His parents nicknamed him "the Chumbolly" before he was born. His father Winston Churchill was already a leading Liberal Cabinet Minister, and Randolph was christened in the House of Commons crypt on 26 October 1911, with Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey and Conservative politician F. E. Smith among his godparen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Brod
Martin Brod (Serbian Cyrillic: Мартин Брод) is a village in the municipality of Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is mostly known for its proximity to Una National Park, which is Bosnia and Herzegovina's largest national park. Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 124. Gallery Waterfall on Una river in Martin Brod.jpg, Waterfall on Una river in the Martin Brod Манастир_Рмањ.jpg, Rmanj Monastery The Rmanj Monastery ( sr, Манастир Рмањ, Manastir Rmanj) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery dedicated to Saint Nicholas and located in Martin Brod in north-western Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the left bank of the Unac River near its conflu ... Bahnhof Martin Brod.jpg, Railway station References {{Villages of Bihać Populated places in Bihać ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazin
Mazin ( sr-cyr, Мазин) is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D218 highway. Population According to the 2011 census, Mazin had 47 inhabitants. 1991 census According to the 1991 census, settlement of Mazin had 362 inhabitants, which were ethnically declared as this: Austro-hungarian 1910 census According to the 1910 census, settlement of Mazin had 1,866 inhabitants in 4 hamlets, which were linguistically and religiously declared as this: Literature Savezni zavod za statistiku i evidenciju FNRJ i SFRJ, popis stanovništva 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981. i 1991. godine. * Knjiga: "Narodnosni i vjerski sastav stanovništva Hrvatske, 1880–1991: po naseljima, author: Jakov Gelo, izdavač: Državni zavod za statistiku Republike Hrvatske, 1998., , ; References External links {{Gračac Populated places in Zadar County Lika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Udbina
Udbina is a village and a municipality in historical Krbava, in the Lika region of Croatia. It is administratively a part of the Lika-Senj County. Geography Udbina is located in the large karst field called Krbava. It is approximately 45 kilometres from Gospić, the county capital and nearest sizeable town. The field has a small airport, the only one in Lika. History Udbina was one of Illyrian territories. In the medieval Kingdom of Croatia, Udbina was known as ''Civitas Corbaviae'' (Town of Krbava) and was the seat of a Diocese of Corbavia from 1185, when it was separated from the Archdiocese of Split, until 1460, when the diocese seat moved to the Krbava's former canonical territory of Modruš due to Ottoman military campaigns in the area. The Bishop's Court was built during Bishop Bonifacio in the 14th century. In the Middle Ages, Udbina was a seat ( la, castrum) of the historic Krbava County. The name Udbina was mentioned for the first time in 1493, following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korenica
Korenica is a village in Lika, Croatia, located in the municipality of Plitvička Jezera, on the D1 road between Plitvice and Udbina. According to 2011 census it has 1,766 residents. It is the seat of the Plitvička Jezera Municipality. In SFR Yugoslavia it was named ''Titova Korenica'' after Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The population consists of local ethnic Croats and Serbs, and there are also Croats from Bosnia who moved to Croatia after the Croatian War for Independence. Korenica has one elementary school and one high school. History The 1712 census of Lika and Krbava records that 119 Vlach (i.e. Serb Orthodox Christian) families live in Korenica. Until 1918, Korenica was part of the Austrian monarchy (Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Lika-Krbava County) after the compromise of 1867), in the Croatian Military Frontier, administered by the ''Kommando Ottotschaner Regiment N°II'' before 1881. A post-office was opened in 1862. Demographics Census 1991: ;Serbs 1.519 / ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drvar
Drvar (, ) is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 2013 census registered the municipality as having a population of 7,036. It is situated in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. Drvar lies in the vast valley, the southeastern part of Bosanska Krajina, between the Osječanica, Klekovača, Vijenca and Šator mountains of the Dinaric Alps. The southeast side of boundary extends from the Šator over Jadovnika, Uilice and descends to Lipovo and the Una River. This extremely hilly region comprising the town of Drvar and the numerous outlying villages covers approximately 1,030 square kilometers (640 square miles). The town itself is mainly spread out from the left side of the river Unac, and its elevation is approximately 480 meters (1,574 feet). Name The word Drvar stems from the Slavic word "'' drvo''" which me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
