Veselin Misita (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Мисита; 19 March 1904 – 31 August 1941) was a Serb military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army during World War II.[1]
Misita is best known for leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941 in which he was killed.[2] Loznica became the first city in Europe liberated of fascists in August 1941.[3]
Death and legacy
Misita was killed while leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941.
Josip Broz Tito's biographer Vladimir Dedijer described Misita's death as a great loss for the uprising.[4] On 31 August 2008, the deputy speaker of the Serbian National Assembly, Božidar Delić of the Serbian Radical Party, dedicated a plaque to Misita in the Vuk Karadžić Square in Loznica.[5] One of the people present was the man that had applied for the plaque to be installed, Božidar Panić, who had idolised Misita in his youth, and had lit a candle for him every year.[6]
Misita is a maternal relation to Vojislav Šešelj, whose mother's maiden name was Danica Misita.[7]
References
Citations
- ^ Trbojević, D. Cersko-majevička grupa korpusa pukovnika Dragoslava Račića (2001). [page needed]
- ^ Šnuderl, Makso (1994). Dnevnik 1941-1945: V partizanih. Založba Obzorja. p. 152. ISBN 978-86-377-0739-4.
Bil je zavzet. Žrtve napadalcev so bile občutne. Nemci so se izvlekli, no sam Misita je padel. Dalje so zavzeli Banjo Kobiljačo, ...
- ^ Blic, Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju, blic.rs; accessed 24 October 2016.
- ^ Dedijer 1990, p. 491.
- ^ Vesti & 31 August 2008.
- ^ Pajić & 4 September 2011.
- ^ Vesti (2014-11-09). "Ličnost nedelje: Vojislav Šešelj" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-12-22.
Bibliography
- Dedijer, Vladimir (1990). From November 28, 1942, to September 10, 1943. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-10109-2.
External links
- "Otkrivena spomen-ploča potpukovniku Misiti". pressonline.rs. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2024.