Josip Broz Tito
2nd President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office January 14, 1953 – May 4, 1980
Preceded by	Ivan Ribar
Succeeded by	Lazar Koliševski
1st Prime Minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
In office November 29, 1945 – January 14, 1953
Succeeded by	Petar Stambolić
1st Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement
In office September 1, 1961 – October 10, 1964
Succeeded by	Gamal Abdel Nasser
Born	May 25, 1892(1892-05-25) Kumrovec, Croatia, Austria-Hungary
Died	May 4, 1980 (aged 87) Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Political party	League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Spouse	Pelagija Broz (married and divorced) Jovanka Broz (married)
Religion	Atheist

Stamp of the Soviet Union, Josip Broz Tito, 1982 (Michel № 5151, Scott № 5019).

Josip Broz Tito (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито, listen (help·info), Kumrovec, Austria-Hungary May 7, 1892, [ May 25 according to official death certificate] – Ljubljana, SFRY May 4, 1980) was the leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1945 until his death in 1980. During World War II, Tito organized the anti-fascist resistance movement known as the Yugoslav Partisans. Later he was a founding member of Cominform, ^[1] but resisted Soviet influence (see Titoism), and became one of the founders and promoters of the Non-Aligned Movement. He died on May 4, 1980, in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia. Tito may refer to the following: // Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslav marshal and leader List of places named after Tito Tito-Stalin split, a conflict between the leaders of Yugoslavia and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Tito-Å ubaÅ¡ić Agreement, an attempt by the Western Powers to merge... 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Early years

Josip Broz was born in Kumrovec, Croatia, then part of Austria-Hungary, in an area called Zagorje. He was the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz. His father, Franjo Broz, was a Croat, while his mother Marija (born Javeršek) was a Slovenian. After spending part of his childhood years with his paternal grandfather in Podsreda, he entered the primary school in Kumrovec, and failed the second grade. He left school in 1905. Krapina-Zagorje county - Krapinsko-zagorska županija is a county in northern Croatia. ... Languages Croatian Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Related ethnic groups Slavs South Slavs Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Slovenians or Slovenes (Slovenian Slovenci, singular Slovenec, feminine Slovenka) are a South Slavic people primarily associated with Slovenia and the Slovenian language. ... Podsreda is a town in Slovenia. ... Titos House in Kumrovec Kumrovec is a picturesque village in the central part of Croatia, part of the Krapina-Zagorje county, on the Sutla river, along the Croatian-Slovenian border. ...

In 1907, moving out of the rural environment, Broz started working as a machinist's apprentice in Sisak. There, he became aware of the labor movement and celebrated May 1 - Labour Day for the first time. In 1910, he joined the union of metallurgy workers and at the same time the Social-Democratic Party of Croatia and Slavonia. Between 1911 and 1913, Broz worked for shorter periods in Kamnik (Slovenia), Cenkovo (Bohemia), Munich and Mannheim (Germany), where he worked for Benz automobile factory; he then went to Wiener Neustadt, Austria, where he worked at Daimler as a test driver. Sisak on the map of Croatia Sisak (German: Sissek, Hungarian: Sziszek, Italian: Siscia) is a city in central Croatia. ... The labor movement (or labour movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ... is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Labour Day Parade in Toronto in the early 1900s A Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers. ... Georg Agricola, author of De re metallica, an important early book on metal extraction Metallurgy is a domain of materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their compounds, which are called alloys. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Coat of arms Slavonia (Croatian: Slavonija) is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia. ... Area: 265. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ... Mannheim is a city in Germany. ... Benz can refer to: Karl Benz, a German automobile engineer and inventor Mercedes-Benz, a brand of automobiles and trucks Kafi Benz, an American writer, historian, designer, and artist, the founder of Friends of Seagate Inc. ... Wiener Neustadt (Hungarian: Bécsújhely) is located south of Vienna in the state of Lower Austria. ... Daimler may refer to Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and automobile inventor in the 1880s Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, his Stuttgart-based company, maker of Mercedes vehicles since 1903, later merged into Daimler-Benz, maker of Mercedes-Benz vehicles (since 1926) DaimlerChrysler (1998), a part German, part American, part Japanese car maker...

In the army

In May 1912, Broz won a silver medal at an army fencing competition in Budapest. In the autumn of 1913, Broz was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army and at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he was sent to Ruma. He was arrested for anti-war propaganda and imprisoned in the Petrovaradin fortress. In January 1915, he was sent to the Eastern Front in Galicia to fight against Russia. He distinguished himself as a capable soldier and was recommended for military decoration. On Easter March 25, 1915, while in Bukovina, he was seriously wounded and captured by Russians. For other uses, see Budapest (disambiguation). ... The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... - Ruma (Рума) is a city located in Serbia and Montenegro at 45. ... 1967 Chinese propaganda poster from the Cultural Revolution. ... Petrovaradin Fortress, on the Danube river, overlooking Novi Sad Petrovaradin Fortress (Serbian: Петроварадинска тврђава or Petrovaradinska tvrÄ‘ava, Hungarian: Péterváradi vár) is a fortress on the Danube river, near Novi Sad (Hungarian: Újvidék) in the Serbian province of Vojvodina (Hungarian: Délvidék). ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... For other uses, see Galicia. ... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Bukovina (Ukrainian: , Bukovyna; Romanian: Bucovina; German and Polish: Bukowina; see also other languages) is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. ...

Prisoner and revolutionary in Russia

After thirteen months at the hospital, Broz was sent to a work camp in the Ural Mountains where prisoners selected him for their camp leader. In February 1917 revolting workers broke into the prison and freed the prisoners. Broz joined a Bolshevik group. In April 1917, he was arrested again but managed to escape and join the demonstrations in Saint Petersburg on July 16-17, 1917. On his way to Finland, Broz was caught and imprisoned in the Petropavlovsk fortress for three weeks. He was again sent to Kungur, but he escaped from the train. He hid out with a Russian family where he met and married Pelagija Belousova. Broz then enlisted with the Red Guards in Omsk. In the spring of 1918, he applied for membership in the Russian Communist Party. In June 1918 Broz left Omsk to find work and support his family. He was employed as a mechanic near Omsk for a year. In January 1920 he and his wife made a long and difficult journey home where he arrived in September. Map of the Ural Mountains The Ural Mountains (Russian: , Uralskiye gory) (also known as the Urals, the Riphean Mountains in Greco-Roman antiquity, and known as the Stone Belt) are a mountain range that runs roughly north and south through western Russia. ... For other uses, see Bolshevik (disambiguation). ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Petropavlovsk may refer to: Petropavl, also known as Petropavlovsk, a city in Kazakhstan, and Petropavlovsk Airport Battleship Petropavlovsk (1897) (эскадренный броненосец Петропавловск), Imperial Russia (1897-1904) Battleship Petropavlovsk (1914) (линейный корабль Петропавловск), a Gangut class battleship in the Baltic Fleet (1914-1953) Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, a city in Russia Petropavlovsk, name of several rural settlements in Russia... The famous Kungur Ice Cave is nearby Kungur is a town at the south-east of the Perm Oblast in Russia, and is the center of the Kungursky district. ... Red Guards refer to socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend communist revolutions. ... Omsk (Russian: ) is a city in southwest Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за, transliterated Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Sovetskogo Soyuza, acronym: КПСС (KPSS)) was the ruling political party in the Soviet Union. ...

Return to Yugoslavia

Broz immediately joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The CPY's influence on the political life of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was growing rapidly. In the 1920 elections the Communists won 59 seats and became the third strongest party. The king's regime would not tolerate the CPY and declared it illegal. In 1921 all Communist-won mandates were nullified. Broz continued his work underground despite pressure on Communists from the government. As 1921 began he moved to Veliko Trojstvo near Bjelovar and found work as machinist. SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Cyrillic script SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Latin script SKJ flag in Albanian SKJ flag in Hungarian SKJ flag in Italian SKJ flag in Macedonian SKJ flag in Slovenian The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was... Motto: One nation, one king, one country Anthem: Medley of Bože pravde, Lijepa naÅ¡a domovino, and Naprej zastava slave Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croato-Slovenian (see: Serbo-Croat and Slovenian) [1] Government Value specified for government_type does not comply King  - 1918-1921 Peter I  - 1921-1934 Alexander...

In 1925, Broz moved to Kraljevica where he started working at a shipyard. He was elected as a union leader and a year later he led a shipyard strike. He was fired and moved to Belgrade, where he worked in a train coach factory in Smederevska Palanka. He was elected as Workers Commissary but was fired as soon as his CPY membership was revealed. Broz then moved to Zagreb, where he was appointed secretary of Metal Workers Union of Croatia.

In 1934, he became a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, then based in Vienna, Austria, and adopted the code name "Tito".

In 1935, Tito travelled to the Soviet Union, working for a year in the Balkan section of Comintern. He was a member of the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet secret police (NKVD). In 1936, the Comintern sent Comrade Walter (i.e. Tito) back to Yugoslavia to purge the Communist Party there. In 1937, Stalin had the Secretary-General of the CPY, Milan Gorkic, murdered in Moscow. The same year, Tito returned from the Soviet Union to Yugoslavia after being named there by Stalin as Secretary-General of the still-outlawed CPY. During this period, he faithfully followed Comintern policy, criticizing Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany until the pact of 1939, and then switching to a criticism of western democracies until 1941. The Comintern (Russian: Коммунистический Интернационал, Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional – Communist International, also known as the Third International) was an international Communist organization founded in March 1919, in the midst of the war communism period (1918-1921), by Vladimir Lenin and the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including... This article is about secret police as organizations. ... The NKVD (Narodny Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del  ) (Russian: , ) or Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the leading secret police organization of the Soviet Union that was responsible for political repressions during Stalinism. ...

World War II

Main article: Yugoslav People's Liberation War

On 6 April 1941, German, Italian, and Hungarian forces launched an invasion of Yugoslavia. The German Army (Wehrmacht Heer) initiated a three-pronged drive on the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade. Meanwhile, the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) bombed Belgrade (Operation Punishment) and other major Yugoslavian cities. Attacked from all sides, the armed forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia quickly crumbled. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... “April War” redirects here. ... The straight-armed Balkenkreuz, a stylized version of the Iron Cross, the emblem of the Wehrmacht. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Motto: One nation, one king, one country Anthem: Medley of Bože pravde, Lijepa naÅ¡a domovino, and Naprej zastava slave Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbo-Croato-Slovenian (see: Serbo-Croat and Slovenian) [1] Government Value specified for government_type does not comply King  - 1918-1921 Peter I  - 1921-1934 Alexander...

On 17 April, after King Peter II and other members of the government fled the country, the remaining representatives of Yugoslavia's legitimate government and military met with the Germans at Belgrade. The Yugoslavians signed an armistice with Germany. This armistice ended eleven days of futile resistance against the invading German armed forces (Wehrmacht). is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter II of Yugoslavia, locally known as Kralj Petar II Karađorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970), was the second, as well as the last, King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ... The straight-armed Balkenkreuz, a stylized version of the Iron Cross, the emblem of the Wehrmacht. ...

Yugoslavia was then dismembered by the Germans. Some Yugoslavian territories, like Slovenia, were annexed outright by Germany and several "puppet states" were created. The "Independent State of Croatia" (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, or NDH) was established as a pro-Nazi puppet state with an Italian king, Tomislav II. Tomislav never visited Croatia and the NDH was really ruled by "Leader" (Poglavnik) Ante Pavelić and his Fascist Ustaša party. Puppet states were also set up in Serbia, Montenegro, and southern Yugoslavia. German troops occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as part of Serbia. Other parts of the country were annexed or occupied by Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Italy. A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ... Capital Zagreb Language(s) Croatian Religion Roman Catholicism Political structure Puppet-state King  - 1941-1943 Tomislav II Poglavnik  - 1941-1945 Ante Pavelić Legislature None Historical era World War II  - Established April 10, 1941  - Disestablished May 8, 1945 Population  - 1941 est. ... Capital Zagreb Language(s) Croatian Religion Roman Catholicism Political structure Puppet-state King  - 1941-1943 Tomislav II Poglavnik  - 1941-1945 Ante Pavelić Legislature None Historical era World War II  - Established April 10, 1941  - Disestablished May 8, 1945 Population  - 1941 est. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Aimone, King of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe di Torino) (9 March 1900 - 29 January 1948), later King Tomislav II of Croatia and the 4th Duke of Aosta was a member of House of Savoy. ... Ante Pavelić (July 14, 1889 – December 28, 1959) was the leader (Poglavnik) and founding member of the Croatian national socialist/fascist UstaÅ¡e movement in the 1930s and later the leader of the Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state[1] [2] of Nazi Germany during World War II. // Paveli... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The UstaÅ¡e (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular UstaÅ¡a or Ustasha) was a Croatian far-right organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... Capital Belgrade Language(s) Serbian, German (in Banat) Political structure Military administration Military Commander  - 1941 Franz Böhme  - 1941-1944 (?) (Unknown) Serbian government leader  - 1941 Milan Aćimović  - 1941-1944 Milan Nedić Historical era World War II  - Invasion of Yugoslavia April 1, 1941  - Military defeat May, 1944 Currency Serbian Dinar... Flag Capital Cetinje Language(s) Serbian Organizational structure Client state President  - 1941 Serafino Mazzolini  - 1941 - 1943 Alessandro Pirzio Biroli  - 1943 Curio Barbasetti di Prun  - 1943 - 1944 Theodor Geib  - 1944 Wilhelm Keiper Historical era World War II  - Invasion of Yugoslavia 1941  - Disestablished 1944 Currency Italian lira Montenegro existed as a separate... The Principality of Pindus and Voivodship of Macedonia (also Pindo or Pindos, sometimes Pindus and Moglena; Aromanian: Printsipat di la Pind, Macedonian: Војводство Македонија) was an autonomous state set up under fascist Italian control in northwest Greece during World War II. The Principalty was initially promoted by Alchiviad Diamandi di Samarina, since... This article is about a geographic region of Bosnia. ... This article is about the geographic area of Herzegovina. ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ...

The formation of the first post-invasion communist partisan resistance group in Yugoslavia is recorded to have occurred on 28 April 1941 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Other groups followed and, ultimately, Tito was acknowledged as the communist commander. Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Partisans (lat. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Location in Slovenia Coordinates: , Country Founded AD 15 (as Colonia Iulia Aemona) Government  - Mayor and governor Zoran Janković (Lista Zorana Jankovića) Area  - Total 275. ...

From 13 May 1941, Tito and the communist partisans faced competition in Yugoslavia from the largely Serbian "Yugoslav Army of the Fatherland" (Jugoslovenska vojska u otadžbini, or JVUO). This anti-German and anti-communist resistance movement was Royalist and commanded by General Draža Mihailović. The forces under Mihailović were also known as Chetniks. For a long time, the Chetniks were supported by the British, the United States, and the Yugoslavian government in exile of King Peter II. is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Languages Serbian Religions Predominantly Serbian Orthodox Christian Related ethnic groups Other Slavic peoples, especially South Slavs See Cognate peoples below (* many Serbs opted for Yugoslav ethnicity) [27] Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in... The Chetniks (Serbian: Четници, ÄŒetnici) were a Royalist paramilitary formations operating in the Balkans before and during World Wars. ... A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... Dragoljub Draža Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Дража Михаиловић; Anglicised: Drazha Mihailovich ; also known as Чича or ÄŒiča) (April 27, 1893 - July 17, 1946) was a Serbian general now primarily remembered as leader of the resistance movement Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland during World War II. After the war, he was tried... The Chetniks (Serbian: Четници, ÄŒetnici) were a Royalist paramilitary formations operating in the Balkans before and during World Wars. ... Peter II of Yugoslavia, locally known as Kralj Petar II KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970), was the second, as well as the last, King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ...

Tito did not initially respond to the German invasion of Yugoslavia because of Stalin's non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany^{[citation needed]}. On 4 July 1941, after Germany launched the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa), Tito called a Central committee meeting which named him Military Commander and issued a call to arms. “April War” redirects here. ... Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Combatants Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia  Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt Heinz Guderian Günther von Kluge Franz Halder Ion Antonescu C.G.E. Mannerheim Giovanni Messe, CSIR Italo Garibaldi, ARMIR Iosef Stalin Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Fyodor Kuznetsov...

However, on 22 June 1941 (the day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union) in the Brezovica forest near the city of Sisak, Croatia, the communist partisans formed the famous First Sisak Partisan Brigade (mostly consisting of Croats from the nearby city). This shows that Tito, in fact, took advantage of the Pact to prepare as best he could for the inevitable, so that his men could rise up on the very first day of Operation Barbarossa.^{[citation needed]} Despite the delays caused by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, this unit was one of the earliest anti-fascist military formations in Europe. is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Sisak on the map of Croatia Sisak (German: Sissek, Hungarian: Sziszek, Italian: Siscia) is a city in central Croatia. ... Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Partisans (lat. ... First Sisak Partisan Brigade or Croatian Prvi Sisački odredwas the first anti-fascist armed unit in Croatia and Europe. ... Combatants Germany Romania Finland Italy Hungary Slovakia  Soviet Union Commanders Adolf Hitler Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Fedor von Bock Gerd von Rundstedt Heinz Guderian Günther von Kluge Franz Halder Ion Antonescu C.G.E. Mannerheim Giovanni Messe, CSIR Italo Garibaldi, ARMIR Iosef Stalin Kliment Voroshilov Semyon Timoshenko Fyodor Kuznetsov... Molotov signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact. ...

The communist partisans soon began a widespread and successful guerrilla campaign and started liberating chunks of territory. The activities of the partisans provoked the Germans into "retaliation" against civilians. These retaliations resulted in mass murders (for each killed German soldier, 100 civilians were to be killed and for each wounded, 50). Tito's acceptance of this harsh retaliation, suffered primarily by innocent civilians, was a major point of contention between himself and Mihailović. Guerrilla redirects here. ...

In the liberated territories, the partisans organized people's committees to act as civilian government. Tito was the most prominent leader of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia - AVNOJ, which convened in Bihac on 26 November 1942, and in Jajce on 29 November 1943. In these two sessions, they established the basis for post-war organisation of the country, making it a federation. In Jajce, Tito was named President of the National Committee of Liberation.^[2] On December 4, 1943, while most of the country was still occupied by the Axis, Tito proclaimed a provisional democratic Yugoslav government. AVNOJ (AntifaÅ¡ističko V(ij)eće Narodnog OsloboÄ‘enja Jugoslavije), standing for Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia, was the political umbrella organization for the peoples liberation committees that was established on November 26, 1942 to administer terrorities under their control. ... Bihać is a town on the Una river in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, center of the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Municipality of Bosnia and Herzegovina General Information Entity {{{entity}}} Land area Population (1991 census) 45,007 Population density Area code +387 30 Mayor Nisvet Hrnjić (SDA) Website http://www. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

After Tito's communist partisans stood up to intense Axis attacks between January and June 1943, Allied leaders switched their support to the partisans. King Peter II of Yugoslavia, American President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill joined Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in officially recognizing Tito and his partisans at the Tehran Conference. This resulted in Allied aid being parachuted behind Axis lines to assist the partisans. As the leader of the communist resistance, Tito was a target for the Axis forces in occupied Yugoslavia. The Germans came close to capturing or killing Tito on at least three occasions: in the 1943 "Case White" (Fall Weiss) offensive; in the subsequent "Case Black" (Fall Schwarz) offensive, in which he was wounded on 9 June, being saved only because his loyal dog sacrificed himself; and on 25 May 1944, when he barely managed to evade the Germans after their "Operation Knight's Leap" (Unternehmen Rösselsprung) airdrop outside his Drvar headquarters. This article is about the independent states that comprised the Axis powers. ... Peter II of Yugoslavia, locally known as Kralj Petar II KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970), was the second, as well as the last, King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd (1933–1945) President of the United States. ... Churchill redirects here. ... Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Georgian: , Ioseb Besarionis Dze Jughashvili; Russian: , Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili) (December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953), better known by his adopted name, Joseph Stalin (alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin), was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Unions Central Committee from... Left to right: General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin, President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom . ... The Axis Powers is a term for the loose alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... Fall Weiss (Plan White) was a German strategic plan for a combined Axis attack launched in early 1943 against the Partisans throughout occupied Yugoslavia, in the Independent State of Croatia. ... The Sutjeska offensive (May-June 1943) was a failed attempt by the Axis forces to destroy the anti-occupation Yugoslav partisan force, marking a turning point for Yugoslavia during World War II. This action--codenamed Operation Schwarz (Black) by the Germans--took place near the Sutjeska river, in Italian-occupied... is the 160th day of the year (161st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Operation Rösselsprung (Knights Leap) was a World War II operation by the Germans in April and May 1944, whose goal was to capture Josip Broz Tito and disrupt the leadership of the communist Partisan movement in Yugoslavia. ... Operation Rösselsprung (Knights Leap) was a World War II operation by the Germans in April and May 1944, whose goal was to capture Josip Broz Tito and disrupt the leadership of the communist Partisan movement in Yugoslavia. ... A C-130 Hercules airdropping a light tank. ... Drvar is a town and a municipality in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, located on the road between Bosansko Grahovo and Bosanski Petrovac, also near Glamoč. It is administratively part of the West Bosnia Canton of the Federation. ...

The partisans were supported directly by Allied airdrops to their headquarters, with Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean playing a significant role in the liaison missions. The Balkan Air Force was formed in June 1944 to control operations that were mainly aimed at helping his forces. Due to his close ties to Stalin, Tito often quarreled with the British and American staff officers attached to his headquarters. Brigadier (IPA pronunciation: ) is a military rank, the meaning of which has a considerable variation. ... Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean of Duart and Strachur, 1st Baronet of Dunconnel, (March 11, 1911, Egypt - June 15, 1996, Scotland) was a Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer and politician. ... The RAFs Balkan Air Force was a late-World War II air formation. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ...

On 5 April 1945, Tito signed an agreement with the USSR allowing "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". Aided by the Red Army, the partisans won the war for liberation in 1945. At the end of the war, all external forces were ordered off Yugoslav soil after the end of hostilities in Europe. is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Yugoslav Partisan Flag The Partisans (lat. ...

SFR Yugoslavia

Josip Broz Tito
May 25, 1892 - May 4, 1980 (aged 87)
Josip Broz Tito as Marshal of Yugoslavia in 1978.
Place of birth	Kumrovec, Croatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Place of death	Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Service/branch	SFR Yugoslavia
Years of service	1941-1980
Rank	Marshal of Yugoslavia
Commands	Partisan Units of Yugoslavia People's Liberation Army Yugoslav People's Army
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Awards and decorations
Other work	Prime Minister of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Secretary General of Non-Aligned Movement President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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Aftermath of World War 2

In late 1944, the Treaty of Vis (Viški sporazum) was signed in an attempt to merge Tito's communist government with the government in exile of King Peter II. This treaty was also known as the Tito-Šubašić Agreement. Peter II of Yugoslavia, locally known as Kralj Petar II KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970), was the second, as well as the last, King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ... The Tito-Å ubaÅ¡ić Agreement was an attempt by the Westerners to merge pre-war royal government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with the communist-lead partisans who were defending the country in Second World War and were de facto rulers on the liberated territories. ...

On 7 March 1945, the provisional government of the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Demokratska federativna republika Jugoslavija, or DFRY) was assembled in Belgrade by Marshal Tito and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. This government was headed by Tito and had no input from the Yugoslavian government in exile, or from King Peter II. After the elections in November 1945, Tito was named as the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DFRY. The country was later to be renamed the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY), and then finally Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ...

It was at this time that Yugoslav forces, in loose conjunction with the Red Army, were involved in deportations of ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) from Yugoslavia. The Danube Swabians minority was labeled by Yugoslavs as Nazi collaborators since many had fought in the notorious 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division 'Prinz Eugen'. This SS division was comprised of volunteers from the ranks of the Volksdeutsche minority.
Many innocent people and non-combatants were killed in the days immediately after the war due to the fact that they were inextricably mixed in with the retreating Germans and Nazi collaborators, including the remnants of the Chetnik movement, the Ustaše (the NDH version of the SS), the Croatian Home Guard, and the Slovene Home Guard (Slovensko domobranstvo, or SD). Most of the military formations were captured while fleeing amongst crowds of refugees and, despite Tito's promise of harmless surrender to the collaborators, a large number of both collaborators and non-collaborators ended up killed. These events are generally known as the Bleiburg massacre.
The Yugoslav Partisans were also allegedly involved with other mass killings such as the foibe massacres,^[3] the killings in Bačka of Hungarian fascists, and Operation Keelhaul, the killing of a number of Cossack soldiers (known in Yugoslavia as "Čerkezi") handed over to Yugoslavia and the Red Army by the British.
However, there is no evidence that such massacres were ordered by Tito or the Partisan command, and they are though mostly to be related to local residents and Partisan leaders serving vigilante justice on Nazi collaborators and foreigners related to the war. In order to put these events in context, it must be pointed out that they are dwarfed by the crimes of the Axis powers and their collaborators between 1941 and 1945 which resulted in an estimated 1,700,000 Yugoslav dead. Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) is a historical term which arose in the early 20th century to apply for Germans living outside of the German Empire. ... The Danube Swabians (German: Donauschwaben, Hungarian: Dunai-Svábok or Dunamenti németek, Romanian: Åžvabi or Åžvabi Dunăreni, Serbian: Dunavske Å vabe or Дунавске Швабе, Croatian: Podunavski Å vabe) is a collective term for Germans who lived in the former Kingdom of Hungary, especially in the Danube (Donau) River valley. ... Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 7. ... SS redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Chetniks. ... An UstaÅ¡e guard pose among the bodies of prisoners murdered in the Jasenovac concentration camp The UstaÅ¡e (also known as Ustashas or Ustashi) was a Croatian extreme nationalist movement. ... Capital Zagreb Language(s) Croatian Religion Roman Catholicism Political structure Puppet-state King  - 1941-1943 Tomislav II Poglavnik  - 1941-1945 Ante Pavelić Legislature None Historical era World War II  - Established April 10, 1941  - Disestablished May 8, 1945 Population  - 1941 est. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Croatian Home Guard (Croatian: Hrvatsko domobranstvo, often abbr. ... Bleiburg memorial in Zagrebs Mirogoj cemetery The Bleiburg massacre, (also known in a more emotional context as the Bleiburg tragedy[1]) is a generalising name that encompasses events that took place during May 1945, after the formal end of World War II in Europe, but at a time when... Location of some of the foibe where killings took place Foibe massacres were mass killings attributed to Yugoslav Partisans during and shortly after World War II against Italians. ... The 1944-1945 Killings in Bačka were the killings of several thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Bačka allegedly organised by members of the Yugoslav Partisan Movement after they gained control over the area between 1944 and 1945. ... Operation Keelhaul was a programme carried out in Austria by British forces in May and June 1945 that decided the fate of thousands of post-war refugees fleeing eastern Europe. ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Black: Zenith of the Axis Powers Capital Not applicable Political structure Military alliance Historical era World War II  - Tripartite Pact September 27, 1940  - Anti-Comintern Pact November 25, 1936  - Pact of Steel May 22, 1939  - Dissolved 1945 This article is about the independent countries (states) that comprised the Axis powers. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In November 1945, a new constitution was drawn up and Yugoslavia organized an army from the Partisan movement, the Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslavenska narodna armija, or JNA) which was, for a period, considered the fifth strongest in Europe. Tito also organized a secret police force, the State Security Administration (Uprava državne bezbednosti/sigurnosti/varnosti, UDBA). Both the UDBA and the security agency, the "Department of People's Security" (Organ Zaštite Naroda (Armije), or OZNA), were charged (among other things) with seeking out, imprisoning and bringing to trial large numbers of Nazi collaborators; sometimes this included Catholic priests due to the widespread involvement of Croatian Catholic clergy with the Ustaša regime. The Yugoslav Peoples Army (YPA) (Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslovenska narodna armija or Jugoslavenska narodna armija; Serbian and Macedonian: Југословенска народна армија—JHA; Macedonian and Serbian Latin forms: Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and Bosnian: Jugoslavenska narodna armija—JNA; Slovene: Jugoslovanska ljudska armada—JLA) was the military force of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... This article is about secret police as organizations. ... UDBA or Uprava državne bezbednosti/sigurnosti/varnosti (Serbian Cyrillic: УДБА or Управа државне безбедности) (State Security Administration, literally state security directorate) was the secret police organization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. ... Security agency is an organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation, state or organization. ... OZNA or Organ ZaÅ¡tite Naroda (Armije) (lit. ... During World War II a number of Croatian Catholic priests, and some of the then bishops in the territory, cooperated with the UstaÅ¡a regime, who ran a Nazi puppet state that pursued a genocidal policy against the Serbs (who were Eastern Orthodox Christians), Jews and Roma. ...

On November 29, 1945, King Peter II of Yugoslavia was deposed by the Yugoslav Constituent Assembly, and on March 13, 1946, Draža Mihailović was captured by OZNA. He was executed on July 18. is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Peter II of Yugoslavia, locally known as Kralj Petar II KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević (Serbian Cyrillic: Краљ Петар II Карађорђевић) (6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970), was the second, as well as the last, King of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. ... is the 72nd day of the year (73rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dragoljub Draža Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Дража Михаиловић; Anglicised: Drazha Mihailovich ; also known as Чича or ÄŒiča) (April 27, 1893 - July 17, 1946) was a Serbian general now primarily remembered as leader of the resistance movement Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland during World War II. After the war, he was tried... OZNA or Organ ZaÅ¡tite Naroda (Armije) (lit. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Tito's position in Yugoslavia had several characteristics of a dictatorship, though it fell short on that common in other communist states after the Second World War. The Communist Party of Yugoslavia won the first post-war elections, in which simplified ballots allowed only for the alternatives of yes and no. Despite the controversial nature of these ballots, it must be noted that Tito evidently enjoyed massive popular support at the time. The Party immediately used its power to seek out remaining collaborators, nationalists and anti-Communists,