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-Hungary
Died22 April 1973(1973-04-22) (aged 77)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Allegiance
  • Austria-Hungary
* Kingdom of Yugoslavia
UnitBlue 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

  1. ^ (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 ..."
  2. ^ (Griesser-Pečar 2007)
  3. ^ (Bevc 2006, p. 191)
  4. ^ (Plut-Pregelj, Kranjc & Lazarević 2018, p. 86)
  5. ^ (Griesser-Pečar 2007)
  6. ^ (Krivic 1970, p. 284)
  7. ^ (Rebić 1987, p. 81)
  8. ^ (Jelić-Butić 1986, p. 242)
  9. ^ (Nose 2008, p. 360)
  10. ^ (Bevc 2006, p. 271)

Sources

  • Bevc, Ladislav (2006). Spomini. Založništvo Jutro. 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.
  • Krivic, Vladimir (1970). Ljubljana v ilegali: Do zloma okupatorjev. Okrajni odbor Socialistične zveze delovnega ljudstva.
  • Griesser-Pečar, Tamara (2007). 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 978-961-241-223-4.
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