Zvonimir Vučković, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Zvonimir Vučković

The Serbian military commander of Croatian origin

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1916

Place of Birth: Bijeljina, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Date of Death: 21-Dec-2004

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Croatia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Zvonimir Vuckovic (1916—2004) was a Yugoslav Chetnik military commander holding the rank of Major and vojvoda during World War II and one of the closest associates of Draža Mihailovic.Vuckovic was born in Bijeljina in Croatian family Prkic in 1916.
After his father died when he was four, Vuckovics mother married Aleksandar Vuckovic from Vranje.
Zvonimir completed military academy in Belgrade and became military officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army, first in Zagreb, then in Belgrade.
When he heard that Yugoslav government signed tripartite pact with Nazi Germany on 25 March 1941, Vuckovic immediately left the country to join Greek Army struggling against Fascist Italia as an act of protest.
After his own country was invated by Axis he returned and in June 1941 joined guerilla units of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland, commonly known as Chetniks. In September he established the Takovo Chetnik Detachment and became its commander.
On 29 September 1941 he commanded his detachment, supported by one unit of communist Partisans, and liberated Gornji Milanovac.
He later became a commander of the 1st Ravna Gora Corps.
He left Yugoslavia as member of the Chetnik political and military mission at the end of the Operation Halyard, also organized by him, and spent rest of his life in US.
Since 1977 he published his war memoirs which are generally considered as reliable.