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Draža Mihailović

1893 - 1946

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Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб "Дража" Михаиловић; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army (Chetniks), a royalist and nationalist movement and guerrilla force established following the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. Born in Ivanjica and raised in Belgrade, Mihailović fought in the Balkan Wars and the First World War with distinction. After the fall of Yugoslavia in April 1941, Mihailović organized the Chetniks at Ravna Gora and engaged in guerrilla warfare alongside Josip Broz Tito's Partisans against occupying German forces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Draža Mihailović has received more than 998,256 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Draža Mihailović is the 146th most popular military personnel (up from 188th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Serbia (up from 26th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Military Personnel.

Draža Mihailović was the leader of the Chetniks, a Serbian nationalist and royalist movement in Yugoslavia during World War II.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Draža Mihailović ranks 146 out of 2,058. Before him are Chester W. Nimitz, Ubba, Hamilcar Barca, Zhou Yu, Pyotr Bagration, and José de San Martín. After him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Ludwig Beck, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Chūichi Nagumo, and Antipater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Draža Mihailović ranks 13. Before him are Vladimir Mayakovsky, Walter Ulbricht, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Carol II of Romania, Alexander of Greece, and Soong Ching-ling. After him are Chaim Soutine, Lazar Kaganovich, Roland Freisler, Harold Lloyd, Palmiro Togliatti, and Edward Adelbert Doisy. Among people deceased in 1946, Draža Mihailović ranks 22. Before him are Wilhelm Frick, Werner von Blomberg, Julius Streicher, Karl Haushofer, Fritz Sauckel, and John Logie Baird. After him are Manuel de Falla, Paul Langevin, Ferenc Szálasi, Ananda Mahidol, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Helene Schjerfbeck.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Draža Mihailović ranks 24 out of 661. Before him are Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923), Claudius Gothicus (210), Probus (232), Karađorđe (1768), Alexander I of Serbia (1876), and Stefan Lazarević (1374). After him are Jovian (331), Stjepan Mesić (1934), Quintillus (220), Novak Djokovic (1987), Mátyás Rákosi (1892), and Constantius III (370).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Serbia

Among military personnels born in Serbia, Draža Mihailović ranks 2. Before him are Romulus Augustulus (460). After him are Josip Jelačić (1801), Stepa Stepanović (1856), Živojin Mišić (1855), Milunka Savić (1890), Duško Popov (1912), Petar Bojović (1858), Momčilo Perišić (1944), Vetranio (300), Dragan Vasiljković (1954), and Sefer Halilović (1952).

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