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38-518: Misita is best known for leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941 in which he was killed. Loznica became the first city in Europe liberated of fascists in August 1941. 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. On 31 August 2008, the deputy speaker of

76-586: A republic within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , with Kosovo and Vojvodina as its autonomous provinces. Central Serbia takes up, roughly, the territory of Serbia between the natural borders consisting of the Danube and Sava (in the north), the Drina (in the west), and the "unnatural" border to the southwest with Montenegro , south with Kosovo and North Macedonia , and to

114-889: A great loss for the uprising. 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. 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. Serbia proper Central Serbia ( Serbian : централна Србија , romanized :  centralna Srbija ), also referred to as Serbia proper (Serbian: ужа Србија , romanized:  uža Srbija ),

152-459: A large number of poorly organised peasants, drawn mainly from the villages around the town. The Germans had established strongpoints in the gymnasium , Vuk Karadžić Cultural Centre, and the "Laze Hajduković" cafe. The attack commenced at 07:00, with Misita in the vanguard. He was killed at the head of his troops while throwing hand grenades at German positions. Many of the Germans surrendered in

190-514: Is the region of Serbia lying outside the autonomous province of Vojvodina to the north and the disputed Kosovo region to the south. Central Serbia is a term of convenience, not an administrative division of Serbia as such, and does not have any form of separate administration. Broadly speaking, Central Serbia is the historical core of modern Serbia , which emerged from the Serbian Revolution (1804–17) and subsequent wars against

228-633: The Carpathians and Balkan Mountains in the east. Some notable geographical regions located in central Serbia are: Šumadija , Mačva , the Timok Valley (including the Negotin Valley ), Pomoravlje , Podunavlje , Posavina , Podrinje , Zlatibor and Raška . In the Roman period , " Moesia " was the name for a region that included Serbia proper. Viminacium (present-day Kostolac )

266-455: The Drina basin, a Partisan district committee had been formed on 29 June, to oversee the local uprising and form Partisan detachments. After collecting weapons and ammunition, the detachment's first action was to attack the gendarmerie station in Bogatić on 7 August, disarming the gendarmes and capturing more weapons. Due to the scope of the local uprising, on 9 August the detachment was renamed

304-757: The Eastern Front , and followed a meeting of the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party in Belgrade on 4 July. This meeting resolved to shift to a general uprising, form Partisan detachments of fighters and commence armed resistance, and call for the populace to rise up against the occupiers throughout Yugoslavia. This also coincided with the departure of the last of the German invasion force that had remained to oversee

342-594: The Ottoman Empire . In the following century, Serbia gradually expanded south, acquiring South Serbia, Kosovo, Sandžak and Vardar Macedonia , and in 1918 – following the unification and annexation of Montenegro and unification of Austro-Hungarian areas left of the Danube and Sava (Vojvodina) – it merged with other South Slavic territories into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . The current borders of Central Serbia were defined after World War II, when Serbia became

380-538: The Podrinje Partisan Detachment . They disarmed the re-equipped gendarme platoon at Bogatić on 10 August, and then carried out the destruction of town archives, telephone lines and bridges in the district. By 14 August, the detachment's ranks had swelled to about 360 fighters in six companies, the occupation forces and local collaborators were finding it difficult to use the road from the district centre Šabac to Loznica due to Partisan ambushes, and

418-466: The Serbian National Assembly , Božidar Delić of the Serbian Radical Party , dedicated a plaque to Misita in the Vuk Karadžić Square in Loznica . 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. Misita is a maternal relation to Vojislav Šešelj , whose mother's maiden name

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456-721: The fall of the Serbian Empire , the " Moravian Serbia " under Lazar (r. 1373–89) and Stefan Lazarević (r. 1389–1402) corresponded roughly to Serbia proper. Kruševac was the capital of Moravian Serbia, until the Ottoman conquests in the 15th century, and the establishment of the Serbian Despotate , with the capital in Belgrade. After the Ottoman conquest of the Serbian Despotate, the Sanjak of Smederevo

494-653: The Chetniks should prepare for an uprising, but not engage in fighting the occupiers until the time was right, some Chetniks left the Jadar detachment and joined the more aggressive Račić or the Partisans. Račić signed a mutual cooperation agreement against the occupation forces with the commander of the Podrinje Partisans, Nebojša Jerković . Due to its lack of action against the Germans and puppet government,

532-570: The Jadar Chetnik Detachment became quite isolated. Their leadership realised that the Partisans were getting stronger with each success against the occupiers, and the Chetnik position was becoming relatively weaker due to their inaction. Misita's decision to attack Loznica was a consequence of the cooperation agreement Račić signed with the Partisans. At the time of the attack on Loznica, the Jadar Chetnik Detachment consisted of

570-755: The Jadar Chetnik Detachment on 31 August 1941. Following the World War II German -led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was partitioned. At the time, Loznica was part of the German-occupied territory of Serbia , which included Serbia proper , with the addition of the northern part of Kosovo (around Kosovska Mitrovica ), and the Banat . The Chetniks attacked, led by Lieutenant Colonel Veselin Misita , who

608-723: The Jadar Chetniks were attacking Loznica, Račić's Cer detachment attacked the village of Bogatić in accordance with the Chetnik-Partisan agreement. The gendarmes had been reinforced by the 6th Company of the German 750th Infantry Regiment with artillery support. On the second day of the attack, the garrison was reinforced by the 7th Company of the 750th Infantry Regiment arriving from Sremska Mitrovica , and an additional platoon sent from Šabac. After two days fighting, Račić's Chetniks withdrew to Cer mountain with considerable losses, after which they marched to Loznica to join

646-449: The Jadar Chetniks. Following its capture, the Chetniks established a command post in the town and mobilised the populace. Supporters of the Partisans formed a local unit and directed workers into the fields and a nearby mine. The Partisans also set up a workshop in the town to manufacture hand grenades. After their failed attack on Bogatić, the two Chetnik detachments decided to attack Banja Koviljača . Launched on 1 September, this attack

684-531: The Ottoman Empire. In 1878, Serbia became a fully independent state, also enlarging its territory to the south-east. The 1878 borders correspond to present-day Central Serbia save for small parts in the south-west. In the Balkan Wars (1912–13), Serbia further expanded its borders to the south, taking control of much of present-day Kosovo and North Macedonia . Further territorial gains were made in

722-571: The administration of a German military government. This was due to the key rail and riverine transport routes that passed through it, and its valuable resources, particularly non-ferrous metals . In May, German troops of the 750th Infantry Regiment of the 704th Infantry Division were stationed in the Mačva , Jadra and Pocerina (Cer) districts of the Podrinje region, garrisoning Šabac , Banja Koviljača and Loznica . In early July, shortly after

760-559: The creation of the puppet state , the Independent State of Croatia ( Croatian : Nezavisna Država Hrvatska , NDH), which roughly comprised most of the pre-war Banovina Croatia , along with rest of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and some adjacent territory. The Italians, Hungarians and Bulgarians occupied other parts of Yugoslavian territory. Germany did not annex any Yugoslav territory, but occupied northern parts of present-day Slovenia and stationed occupation troops in

798-629: The east with Bulgaria , with a small strip of the Danube with Romania in the northeast. The Danube and Sava divides central Serbia from the Serbian province of Vojvodina , while the Drina divides Serbia from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Great Morava , a major river, goes through central Serbia. Extensions of three major mountain chains are located within Serbia proper: Dinaric Alps in the west and south, and

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836-400: The face of the Chetnik assault. During the battle, Misita's Chetniks suffered 18 killed and four wounded, while the Germans incurred several killed and wounded and 93 captured. The remaining Germans fled in the direction of Banja Koviljača. The wounded Germans were taken to hospital, and the rest of the captured troops were escorted to the monastery, and treated humanely. At the same time as

874-784: The launching of Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union , armed resistance began in the German-occupied territory of Serbia , against both the German Army and the representatives of the German-installed puppet government known as the Commissioner Government . This was a response to appeals from both Joseph Stalin and the Communist International for communist organisations across occupied Europe to draw German troops away from

912-510: The liberation of Yugoslavia by the Yugoslav Partisans ; Serbia was formed as one of the republics of the new socialist Yugoslavia . In 1945, Vojvodina and Kosovo became autonomous provinces within Serbia, thus the part of Serbia that was outside these two regions became known as uža Srbija ("Serbia proper"). At the beginning of the 1990s, the term uža Srbija was replaced with the new term Centralna Srbija ("Central Serbia") which

950-458: The north (today's Vojvodina ) and south-west ( Sandžak region) in 1918, after World War I . Serbia became part of the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on December 1, 1918. Serbia proper did not have a separate political status within the Kingdom; in 1929, when new provinces of the Kingdom were formed, Serbia proper was divided between five banovine , one of which ( Morava Banovina )

988-516: The northern half of the NDH. The German-occupied part of Slovenia was divided into two areas that were placed under the administration of the Gauleiters of the neighbouring Reichsgau Kärnten and Reichsgau Steiermark . The remaining territory, which consisted of Serbia proper , the northern part of Kosovo (around Kosovska Mitrovica ), and the Banat was occupied by the Germans and placed under

1026-472: The railway line between the two towns was out of action. The first royalist Chetnik units were mobilised by order of Draža Mihailović in August 1941. In late July, Mihailović had sent a regular officer, Lieutenant Colonel Veselin Misita to the Jadar district as his emissary. Misita had established himself at the Tronoša Monastery near Loznica. The abbot of the monastery was Georgije Bojić , who

1064-624: The sanjak. The northern half of Serbia proper was briefly under Habsburg occupation during the 1787–91 war , then returned. With the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), the sanjak became a de facto Serbian state, known in historiography as " Revolutionary Serbia ". It was retaken by the Ottomans in 1813, however, the Second Serbian Uprising (1815–17) saw Serbia recognized as an autonomous principality within

1102-484: The transition to occupation. From the appearance of posters and pamphlets urging the population to undertake sabotage, it rapidly turned to attempted and actual sabotage of German propaganda facilities and railway and telephone lines. The first fighting occurred at the village of Bela Crkva on 7 July, when gendarmes tried to disperse a public meeting, and two gendarmes were killed. In the Podrinje region, encompassing

1140-478: Was Danica Misita. This Yugoslav biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a notable individual during World War II is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Loznica (1941) Chetnik victory Uprisings 1942 1943 1944 1945 The Battle of Loznica involved an attack on the German garrison of that town by

1178-581: Was also a captain in the Royal Yugoslav Army reserves. In August, Misita and Bojić held a meeting with pro-Chetnik people from the Jadar district to set up the Jadar Chetnik Detachment. Other key attendees included Nikola Gordić and Mika Komarčević . On 15 August, the 25-strong Cer Chetnik Detachment was formed under the command of a regular artillery officer, Captain First Class Dragoslav Račić . Due to Mihailović's position that

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1216-626: Was established in the east with its capital in Niš . Between 1941 and 1944, most of the territory was part of the area governed by the Military Administration in Serbia under German Wehrmacht occupation with a Serbian puppet government. The southwestern region of Sandžak was occupied by Italy and annexed to the neighbouring Italian governorate of Montenegro ; southern Kosovo was annexed to Albania while southeastern parts annexed by Bulgaria . The Axis occupation ended in 1944 with

1254-588: Was established, initially seated in Smederevo , and eventually, in Belgrade after its fall in 1521 (hence called the "Pashaluk of Belgrade"). Between 1718 and 1739, the Sanjak of Smederevo was occupied by the Habsburg monarchy , which administered the area as the Kingdom of Serbia . The Serbian Militia operated throughout Serbia proper during the 1737–39 war . The war ended in Ottoman victory, and returning of

1292-596: Was initially unsuccessful. After being reinforced by the Podrinje Partisans, the town was captured in the early hours of 6 September. In the meantime, other elements of the Podrinje Partisan Detachment had expelled the German garrison and collaborationist gendarmes from Bogatić on 3 September. On 6 October 1941, Loznica was re-occupied during the German Mačva operation . Josip Broz Tito 's biographer Vladimir Dedijer described Misita's death as

1330-449: Was killed during the assault. The Germans surrendered and 93 were captured. This battle was closely followed by the joint Partisan-Chetnik attack on the German garrison at Banja Koviljača . In April 1941, Germany and its allies invaded and occupied the Kingdom of Yugoslavia , which was then partitioned. Some Yugoslav territory was annexed by its Axis neighbours, Hungary , Bulgaria and Italy . The Germans engineered and supported

1368-649: Was the capital of the province of Moesia Superior . Slavs ( Sclaveni ) overwhelmed the Balkans in the 6th and 7th centuries. The Serbs, a Slavic tribe, were known to have held the area of what is today southwest Serbia in the Early Middle Ages, while the Royal Frankish Annals mention the Braničevci and Timočani , in the eastern parts, in the 9th century. Raška , situated in the southwest,

1406-566: Was the core of the medieval Serbian state; Stari Ras has been identified as a capital of the Grand Principality of Serbia . Serbia eventually expanded its borders to the east. The area of most of Serbia proper, as well as areas in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, northern Montenegro, Kosovo, and northern Macedonia were called "the Serbian lands", included in the styles of medieval Serbian rulers. King Stefan Dragutin of Syrmia (r. 1282–1316) had two capitals, Debrc and Belgrade . After

1444-470: Was used in all official publications of the Serbian government that referred to the region. With the formation of new statistical regions of Serbia in 2009–10, three statistical regions: Belgrade , Šumadija and Western Serbia and Southern and Eastern Serbia form Central Serbia. Districts of Serbia , according to the Statistical regions of Serbia . Ethnic groups of Central Serbia according to

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