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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Dec 14, 2007 14:39:10 GMT -5
Boško Buha From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Boško Buha (1926 - 1943) was a young Partisan who used to be one of the greatest icons of World War II in the former Yugoslavia. Boško Buha was born in the Slavonian village of Gradina (near Virovitica) in an ethnic Serb family. In 1941, after the Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, his family was targeted by Ustasha and had to seek shelter in Serbia. Buha eventually reached territory under Partisan control. There he tried to join the Partisans, but he was rejected due to his young age (at the time he was only 15). After a few attempts, he managed to con his way into the Partisans and took part in active combat. In 1942 he joined the 2nd Proletarian Brigade of YNLA. Soon he developed a talent for sneaking towards enemy bunkers and destroying them with hand grenades. His talent and bravery almost immediately became stuff of legends and his unit, which had many young men and teenagers, was nicknamed the "Partisan Artillery". In late 1942 Buha was publicly commended by Tito. A year later, Boško Buha died when the truck he was in got ambushed by the Chetniks. After the war Boško Buha received the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia. A theatre house in Belgrade is named after him. In 1979, the Croatian director Branko Bauer made a film about his life. Boško Buha shouldn't be mistaken for contemporary Serbian police official with the same name. Bosko Buha
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Dec 14, 2007 14:41:12 GMT -5
Sava Kovačević (Yugoslav Partisan) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sava Kovačević (1905 – June 13, 1943) was a Montenegrin Serb partisan commander during World War II. Sava Kovačević was born in Nudo, close to Nikšic, (today in Montenegro) to a family of Montenegrin peasants. In his early age he worked as a blacksmith and adopted Communism, becoming a member of Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1925. He gradually rose through the ranks of Party and became one of the Communist leaders in Montenegro. He was often arrested for his Communist activities. After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Kovacevic was one of the leading organisers of uprising against Italian occupation of Montenegro. He became commander of Nikšic, Partisan Detachment, deputy commander of Main Headquarters of Montenegro and finally a member of Supreme Staff of the Yugoslav National Liberation Army (YNLA). In June 1942 he became first commander of 5th Montenegrin Brigade of YNLA. His unit took part in 1942 Bosanska Krajina Campaign - operation against NDH garrisons that brought large sections of today's Bosnia-Herzegovina under Partisan control. In February and March 1943, during Battle of Neretva, (German operation Weiss) Kovacevic commanded his brigade in attacks on Prozor against Italians and Konjic against joined Italian-Ustasha-German defenders. On June 6th, during the Battle of Sutjeska (German operation Schwarz) he became commander of 3rd Assault Division of YNLA. His division covered the rear of other Partisan units while they successfully broke through German lines. 3rd Division, also encumbered with the wounded Partisans, was less successful in its attempt of breakthrough. On June 13th, Sava Kovacevic was killed while personally leading his men during the charge against fortified trenches of German 118th Division at Krekovi, on river Sutjeska. Due to his humble background and habit of disregarding any privileges of the rank, Kovacevic was one of the most popular Partisan commanders. He was famous for his personal courage: one of the well known episodes happened on February 20th 1943 in Ostrožac on Neretva river when he, with his Brigade commissar Dragiša Ivanovic, in an unexpected encounter with a group of Italian tanks, managed to jump on tank platform, Sava on the second and Dragiša on the third of three tanks, to destroy their crews and to capture one tank each. His heroic death made him into one of the Partisan icons. He was posthumously proclaimed People's Hero of Yugoslavia. In 1973 film Sutjeska he was played by renowned Serbian actor Ljuba Tadic. Sava Kovacevic
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Post by Emperor AAdmin on Dec 14, 2007 14:46:05 GMT -5
Ivo Lola Ribar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Ivo Lola Ribar (April 23, 1916 - November 27, 1943), was a Croatian communist politician in Yugoslavia. Ivo Lola Ribar was born in Đakovo and graduated law at the University of Belgrade. During his studies he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and since 1937 led the Youth Commission, and he travelled around Europe visiting Communist conferences (Brussels 1935, Geneva 1936, Paris 1937). In 1940 the Royal Yugoslav authorities incarcerated him in Bihać for being a communist, and later in the year he was put in charge of the League of Young Communists of Yugoslavia (SKOJ). When the Second World War started in Yugoslavia, he was a member of the Central Committee of the Party and soon joined the Supreme Command of the Partisans, where he worked with Tito and Edvard Kardelj on the plans for resistance. In October 1943, Lola Ribar was named as the chief of the first Partisan military mission to the Mediterranean Allied Command. However, just before embarking on an airplane trip to Cairo, he died in Glamočko polje in southwestern Bosnia. He was posthumously proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Ribar's father Ivan Ribar held important offices in both the prewar Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the postwar Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. A brand of scooters was named after him. The Ivo Lola Ribar Institute in Belgrade is named after him. Ivo Lola Ribar
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Post by iskender on Mar 20, 2008 15:01:40 GMT -5
Metodija Andonov-Čento (August 18, 1902 - July 24, 1957) was an anti-fascist statesman and first president of ASNOM and of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after the Second World War. Metodija Andonov Cento
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Post by iskender on Mar 20, 2008 15:04:50 GMT -5
Lazar Koliševski also Lazar Penev Kolishev (12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Communist political leader in Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia closely allied with Tito. Lazar Kolishevski
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