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Ivan Prezelj
Prezelj in 1930s
Nickname(s)
General Andrej (
Serbian : Ђенерал Андреј ) or Andrej Račić
Born (1895-08-29 ) 29 August 1895 Nova Vas, Istria, Austria-HungaryDied 22 April 1973(1973-04-22) (aged 77) Cleveland, Ohio, United States Allegiance
* Kingdom of Yugoslavia Unit
Blue Guard (Slovene) Battles/wars
Ivan Prezelj (29 August 1895 – 22 April 1973) was a Yugoslav military officer and commander of
Blue Guard , a detachment of
Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in German-occupied
Slovenia during the
World War II .
[1]
Before the Second World War, Prezelj was the Yugoslav military attache in
Prague .
[2]
Prezelj was initially subordinated to Major
Karl Novak and Colonel
Vladimir Vauhnik .
[3] After the defeat in the
Battle of Grčarice , Major Novak resigned and Prezelj was appointed in his place by
Draža Mihailović .
[4] Mihailović promoted Prezelj to the rank of General on 29 June
[5] or 1 December 1944.
[6] The headquarter of Prezelj was with
Notranjska Detachment and
Soča Detachments .
[7]
Prezelj in
Ljubljana met with
Dimitrije Ljotić and
Momčilo Đujić in 1945.
[8] In April 1945 Prezelj was appointed as commander of Slovenian People's Army while Mirko Bitanc was appointed as his deputy.
[9]
After the World War II Prezelj escaped from
Yugoslav authorities to Italy.
[10]
References
^ (
Bevc 2006 , p. 271): "Ivan Prezelj - Andrej (Račič) (1895-1973), polkovnik generalnega štaba kraljevske Jugoslovanske vojske. Med drugo svetovno vojno pomočnik majorja Karla Novaka, sodelavec polkovnika Vladimirja Vauhnika. Nasledil je Novaka na ..."
^ (
Griesser-Pečar 2007 )
^ (
Bevc 2006 , p. 191)
^ (
Plut-Pregelj, Kranjc & Lazarević 2018 , p. 86)
^ (
Griesser-Pečar 2007 )
^ (
Krivic 1970 , p. 284)
^ (
Rebić 1987 , p. 81)
^ (
Jelić-Butić 1986 , p. 242)
^ (
Nose 2008 , p. 360)
^ (
Bevc 2006 , p. 271)
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ISBN
978-961-6433-71-6 .
Plut-Pregelj, Leopoldina; Kranjc, Gregor; Lazarević, Žarko (22 February 2018).
Historical Dictionary of Slovenia . Rowman & Littlefield.
ISBN
978-1-5381-1106-2 .
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Ljubljana v ilegali: Do zloma okupatorjev . Okrajni odbor Socialistične zveze delovnega ljudstva.
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Razdvojeni narod: Slovenija 1941-1945 : okupacija, kolaboracija, državljanska vojna, revolucija . Mladinska knj.
ISBN
978-961-01-0208-3 .
Rebić, Đuro (1987).
Špijuni, diverzanti, teroristi: ostaci kontrarevolucije u Jugoslaviji . Centar za informacije i publicitet.
ISBN
978-86-7125-009-2 .
Jelić-Butić, Fikreta (1986).
Četnici u Hrvatskoj, 1941-1945 . Globus.
ISBN
9788634300109 .
Nose, Aleš (2008).
Domobranci zdravo - Bog daj: protikomunistične enote na Slovenskem 1942-1945 . Modrijan.
ISBN
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