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Zebrnjak
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The Zebrnjak Memorial () is a war memorial commemorating the Battle of Kumanovo, fought in 1912 as part of the First Balkan War . It is situated on the battlefield, close to the village of Mlado Nagoričane, near Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
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The Zebrnjak Memorial () is a war memorial commemorating the Battle of Kumanovo, fought in 1912 as part of the First Balkan War . It is situated on the battlefield, close to the village of Mlado Nagoričane, near Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
== History == thumb|left|200px|Unveiling ceremony of the memorial on Zebrnjak hill in 1937. It was built in 1937, for the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Kumanovo which took place on 23 and 24 October 1912 during the First Balkan War, between the Ottoman Vardar Army and the First Serbian Army. In the battle the Ottoman army was defeated and was forced to withdraw. thumb|right|200px|Monument pre-WW2.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zebrnjak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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