Milan Blagojević Španac

Milan Blagojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Благојевић; 14 October 1905 – 28/29 October 1941), better known as Španac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шпанац; transl. The Spaniard) was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in the Spanish Civil War and is credited for initiating the anti-fascist struggle in Yugoslavia during World War II.[1][2]

Milan Blagojević
Nickname(s)Španac
Born(1905-10-14)October 14, 1905
Natalinci, Kingdom of Serbia
DiedOctober 28, 1941(1941-10-28) (aged 36)
Užička Požega, German-occupied Serbia
Allegiance Spanish Republican Army
Yugoslav Partisans
Battles/warsSpanish Civil War
World War II
AwardsOrder of the People's Hero

See also

References
  1. Zbornik narodnih heroja Jugoslavije. Belgrade: NIP Omladina. 1958. Retrieved 21 October 2017. (in Serbo-Croatian)
  2. Aleš Bebler (1961). Naši Španci: zbornik fotografija i dokumenata o učešću jugoslovenskih dobrovoljaca u španskom ratu 1936-1939. Španski borci Jugoslavije. (in Serbo-Croatian)


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