Krsta Smiljanić

Krsta Smiljanić
Krsta Smiljanić
Born	December 29, 1868; Ljubiš, Serbia
Died	May 14, 1944; Belgrade, Axis-occupied Serbia
Allegiance	Royal Serbian Army; Royal Yugoslav Army
Years of service	1892 – 1929
Rank	Army general
Unit	Drina Division
Battles/wars	Balkan Wars; World War I
Awards	Order of Karađorđe's Star ; Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) ; Order of St. Sava; Order of the Yugoslav Crown

Krsta Smiljanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Крста Смиљанић) was a Serbian army general, Ban of Zeta Banovina and senator in Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Biography

Krsta was born in Serbian village Ljubis on December 28. 1868 from father Milosav and mother Vidosava. He finished Primary school and Gymnasium after that he signed up in Military Academy of Serbia which he fully finished in 1896.

In First Balkan War he was in service of Serbian marshal Radomir Putnik. Nikola Pašić, famous Serbian politician, sent Krsto to Peace talks in Bucharest after ending of Second Balkan War.

During World War I he was commander of Drina Division. He also took part in Serbian army's retreat through Albania.

After first World War he became commander of Third army oblast, ban of Zeta Banovina (modern day Montenegro and regions of Metohija, Herzegovina and Sandžak). He was made part of Yugoslavian Senat by King Alexander I in 1932.

Until beginning of World War II he lived in Belgrade but as soon as war started he moved back to Ljubis. Germans put him in house prison where he died in May 1944.

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