The Tito Escort Battalion was the protection unit of the Supreme Headquarters of

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and their commander

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

, responsible for their safety during

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. It accompanied Tito throughout Yugoslavia during the war, suffering significant casualties and fighting pitched battles at times. Its most notable engagements were during the

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Case Black offensive in south–eastern

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in mid–1943, and in holding off the airborne assault of the German 500th SS Parachute Battalion during Operation ''Rösselsprung'' in mid–1944.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tito Escort Battalion Battalions of the Yugoslav Partisans Yugoslav Resistance Yugoslav guerrillas Josip Broz Tito Military units and formations established in 1941