Veselin Misita

Veselin Misita (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Мисита; 19 March 1904 – 31 August 1941) was a Bosnian Serb military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel during World War II.[1]

Veselin Misita
Born(1904-03-19)19 March 1904
Buna, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died31 August 1941(1941-08-31) (aged 37)
Loznica, Serbia
Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Chetniks
Service/branchJadar Chetnik detachment
Years of service1934–1941
RankLieutenant colonel,
Colonel (posthumously)
Battles/wars
AwardsOrder of Karađorđe's Star

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
  1. Trbojević, D. Cersko-majevička grupa korpusa pukovnika Dragoslava Račića (2001).
  2. 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, ...
  3. Blic, Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju, blic.rs; accessed 24 October 2016.
  4. Dedijer 1990, p. 491.
  5. Vesti & 31 August 2008.
  6. Pajić & 4 September 2011.
  7. Vesti (2014-11-09). "Ličnost nedelje: Vojislav Šešelj" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-12-22.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.