Pavle Đurišić, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pavle Đurišić

Montenegrin Serb professional officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army

Date of Birth: 09-Jul-1909

Place of Birth: Podgorica, Podgorica Municipality, Montenegro

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1945

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Pavle Đurišić

  • Pavle Ðurišic (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ???????, pronounced [pâ?vle d?uri?it?]; 9 July 1909 – April 1945) was a Montenegrin Serb regular officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander (vojvoda) and led a significant proportion of the Chetniks in Montenegro during World War II.
  • He distinguished himself and became one of the main commanders during the popular uprising against the Italians in Montenegro in July 1941, but later collaborated with the Italians in actions against the Communist-led Yugoslav Partisans.
  • In 1943, his troops carried out several massacres against the Muslim population of Bosnia, Herzegovina and the Sandžak, and participated in the anti-Partisan Case White offensive alongside Italian forces.
  • Ðurišic was captured by the Germans in May 1943, escaped and was recaptured. After the capitulation of Italy, the Germans released Ðurišic and he began collaborating with them and the Serbian puppet government.
  • In 1944, he created the Montenegrin Volunteer Corps with assistance from the Germans, the leader of the Serbian puppet government, Milan Nedic, and the leader of the fascist Yugoslav National Movement, Dimitrije Ljotic.
  • In late 1944, the German commander in Montenegro decorated him with the Iron Cross 2nd Class.
  • Ðurišic was killed following the Battle of Lijevce Field, after being captured by elements of the Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia near Banja Luka in an apparent trap set by them and Montenegrin separatist Sekula Drljevic.
  • Some of Ðurišic's troops were killed either in this battle or in later attacks by the Partisans as they then continued their withdrawal west.
  • Others attempted to withdraw to Austria; they were forced to surrender to the Partisans and were killed in the Kocevski Rog area of southern Slovenia in May and June 1945.
  • Ðurišic was a very able Chetnik leader; his fighting skills were respected by his allies and opponents alike.

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