Draža Mihailović
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Yugoslav general (1893-1946)
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Draža Mihailović, born Драгољуб Михаиловић in 1893, was a male soldier, military officer, and politician. He served as a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army and the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, holding the position of minister of war. His career began in 1910, and he participated in the First and Second Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II. He was educated at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr.
Mihailović was a citizen of the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, with allegiance to the Kingdom of Serbia. He received the Military Cross, Order of the White Eagle, Order of St. Sava, and Order of the Star of Karađorđe. He was convicted of war crimes and wartime collaboration. He died in Belgrade in 1946 from a gunshot wound and is buried at St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary.
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Čiča Draža (Uncle Draža)
- Born
- Dragoljub Mihailović , ( 1893-04-27 ) 27 April 1893, Ivanjica , Kingdom of Serbia
- Died
- 17 July 1946 (1946-07-17) (aged 53), Belgrade , PR Serbia , FPR Yugoslavia
- Cause of death
- Execution by firing squad
- Allegiance
- Serbia (1910–1918) , Yugoslavia (1918–1941) , Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–1944) , Chetniks (1941–1946)
- Branch
- Royal Serbian Army Royal Yugoslav Army Chetnik movement
- Service years
- 1910–1945
- Rank
- Army general
- Commands
- Chetnik movement
- Conflicts
- Balkan Wars World War I World War II in Yugoslavia
- Awards
- Order of the White Eagle Military Cross Croix de guerre Order of the White Lion Order of St Alexander Albanian Commemorative Medal Legion of Merit (posthumous)
- Relations
- Mihailo Mihailović (father) , Smiljana Mihailović (née Petrović; mother)
- Monarch
- Peter II
- Preceded by
- Bogoljub Ilić
- Succeeded by
- Ivan Šubašić
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Ivanjica
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- war criminal
- Position held
- minister of war
- Educated at
- École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Award
- Legion of Merit
- Conflict
- Second Balkan War
- Military branch
- Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- DragoljubMihailovic8e09281v.jpg
- Convicted of
- wartime collaboration
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- Commons category
- Draža Mihailović
- date of birth
- 1893-04-27
- date of death
- 1946-07-17
- birth name
- Драгољуб Михаиловић
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- topic's main category
- Category:Draža Mihailović
- allegiance
- Kingdom of Serbia
- start of work period
- 1910-00-00
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Yugoslav Army in the Homeland
- place of burial
- St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary
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Encyclopedic overview
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army (Chetniks), a royalist and nationalist movement and guerrilla force established following the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.
Born in Ivanjica and raised in Belgrade, Mihailović fought in the Balkan Wars and the First World War with distinction. After the fall of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Mihailović organized the Chetniks at Ravna Gora and engaged in guerrilla warfare alongside Josip Broz Tito's Partisans against occupying German forces. Opposing strategies, ideological differences and general distrust drove them apart, and by late 1941 the two groups were in open conflict. Many Chetnik groups collaborated or established modus vivendi with the Axis powers, which along with British frustration over Mihailović's inaction led to the Allies shifting their support to Tito in 1944. Mihailović collaborated with fascist collaborators Milan Nedić and Dimitrije Ljotić at the end of the war.
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