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Radivoye JovanovicPeople's Hero of Yugoslavia, military leader during World War II
Date of Birth: 10.11.1918
Country:  Dive |
Content:
- Radivoje Brđanin: A Legendary Yugoslav Hero
- Joining the Resistance
- - Prevented a Chetnik plot against partisans
- Liberating Serbia
- Liberation of Belgrade and Post-War Career
- - Served as Commandant of Belgrade after the war
- - Held various military commands and retired in 1959
- - Declared a National Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949
Radivoje Brđanin: A Legendary Yugoslav Hero
Early Life and Military Beginnings- Born on November 10, 1918, in a prosperous farming family in Serbia
- Completed primary and secondary education
- Enlisted in the army in 1937 and graduated from military school in 1940
- Served in Osijek and escaped captivity during the April 1941 invasion
Joining the Resistance
- Became a Lieutenant after the German invasion- Declined to join the Chetnik movement, considering it treacherous
- Joined a group of officers fleeing the Chetniks
- Became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in August 1941
Military Exploits
- Commander of the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Battalion in July 1941
- Promoted to Deputy Commander of the Užice Partisan Detachment in October 1941
- Prevented a Chetnik plot against partisans
- Led the first partisan military parade in occupied Europe in 1941- Defended Kadijnaca against German attacks in November 1941
- Appointed Commander of the Group of Detachments in Western Serbia in February 1942
- Became Commander of the Main Staff of Serbia and member of the Supreme Staff in August 1942
Liberating Serbia
- Defeated the Chetniks in the Battle of Mount Radan in 1944- Commanded the 25th Division in the final operations to liberate Serbia in June 1944
- Commanded the 14th Corps of the Yugoslav National Liberation Army from September 1944
Liberation of Belgrade and Post-War Career
- Coordinated the liberation of Belgrade with the Red Army in September 1944
- Served as Commandant of Belgrade after the war
- Studied in the Soviet Union and graduated from the Military Artillery Academy
- Held various military commands and retired in 1959
- Served as Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Serbian government
- Initiated the construction of the Belgrade-Bar railway, sparking political controversy
- Declared a National Hero of Yugoslavia in 1949
- Died on June 22, 2000, and buried in Belgrade's New CemeteryHonors and Awards
- National Liberation Struggle Commemorative Medal
- Numerous Yugoslav, Soviet, and foreign orders and medals
