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[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 10.jpg|thumb|Smederevo after the explosion.]]
[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 13.jpg|thumb|Stockpiled gasoline before the explosion.]]
[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 02.jpg|thumb|Yugoslav POWs carry ammunition boxes.]]
[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 05.jpg|thumb|Crater made due to the explosion.]]
[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 06.jpg|thumb|Bodies and derailed train that was crossing by Smederevo Fortress.]]
[[File:Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941 11.jpg|thumb|Town center after the explosion]]
The '''Smederevo Fortress Explosion''' was a disaster that occurred in [[Smederevo]], then in the [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia]] (part of [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] under [[Nazi Germany|German]] occupation, now in modern [[Serbia]]), on the 5th of June 1941. Stockpiled ammunition and gasoline in [[Smederevo Fortress]] belonging to the defeated [[Royal Yugoslav Army]] exploded due to unknown reasons. The number of casualties is also uncertain. Estimates range from several hundred to 2,500 killed. 

==Background==
After the capitulation of Yugoslavia in the [[April War]], the Germans designated Smederevo as a place where captured equipment, weapons, ammunition and gasoline of the former Royal Yugoslav Army would be stored. From there it would be transferred to Germany, which was preparing to [[operation Barbarosa|attack the USSR]]. Smederevo was connected by railway and is located on the [[Danube]]. The seized material was loaded by RYA prisoners.

==Explosion==
The day of the explosion was a market day and the inhabitants of the surrounding settlements came to the city to trade. School certificates were also being given to pupils that day. The explosion happened around 2:10 PM, at the time the train for [[Velika Plana]] was passing by the fortress which was transporting workers home. According to witness statements, shots were heard first (which could mean that ammunition was set on fire first), followed by a large explosion about two minutes later. The explosion created a crater 50 meters wide and 9 meters deep and destroyed most of Smederevo. Window glass was cracked in settlements around Smederevo, and the tremor was felt in Velika Plana, [[Bela Crkva, Banat|Bela Crkva]], [[Vršac]] and [[Belgrade]].

Among the victims were [[Milan Nedić]]'s son, daughter-in-law and grandson. For the reconstruction of the city, the [[Commissioner Government]] appointed [[Dimitrije Ljotić]], a lawyer from Smederevo and the president of [[Zbor]], as the Extraordinary Commissioner for the Reconstruction of Smederevo. He brought 120 young members of his movement to Smederevo and organised a plan for the reconstruction of the city with them. 

It has been speculated that the explosion was caused by a discarded cigarette butt from a German soldier, an English plane flying over Smederevo or a local patriot. Another theory is that Soviet agent [[Mustafa Golubić]], who was arrested two days later in Belgrade, was responsible for it.((sfn|Petranović|1992|pp=))

In 1973, a monument to the victims of the explosion was erected. The monument was sculpted by [[Selimir Jovanović]], who had survived the explosion.

== References ==
((Commons category|Eksplozija u Smederevu 1941|Smederevo Fortress explosion))
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=== Sources ===
* ((Cite book |last=Petranović|first=Branko|author-link= Branko Petranović|title=Srbija u Drugom svetskom ratu 1939—1945|year=1992|url=https://znaci.org/00001/92.htm|publisher=Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar|location= Beograd))

== External links ==
* [https://www.smederevowelcome.com/discover-smederevo/june-5th-1941-explosion June 5th 1941 Explosion]

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