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Milutin Morača

1914 – 2003

Yugoslav partisan and general of Yugoslav People's Army

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Lived 1914 – 2003 (aged 89). Milutin Morača was a political commissar.

Milutin Morača (; 7 July 1914 – 17 December 2003) was a Yugoslav partisan, general of Yugoslav People's Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. His brother Pero, was historian and also a partisan.

Prior to World War II, his family settled in village Žednik near Subotica, where Milutin, as law student, joined then the illegal Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He was mobilized in the Royal Yugoslav Army after the Yugoslav coup d'état. After Yugoslav defeat in the April War, he was captured by the Hungarian army, but he was soon released and, as a colonist, he was to forced return to his birth area. There he joined local communists in their preparation for the uprising against the Independent State of Croatia and Axis occupation.

Between May 1943 and January 1945, he was commander of the 5th Krajina Division. He led the division during the Belgrade Operation. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the First Army of the NOVJ in 1945, and during the breakthrough of the Syrmian Front, he directly commanded the Northern Group of Divisions.

After World War II, Morača held various high posts in Yugoslav People's Army, Federal Executive Council and federal and republic parliaments.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Political commissar
Education
Higher Military Academy of YPA
Awards
People's Hero of Yugoslavia; Order of the War Banner; Order of the People's Hero

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Milutin Morača's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Milutin Morača?

Yugoslav partisan and general of Yugoslav People's Army

When was Milutin Morača born?

Milutin Morača was born on 7 July 1914 in Stekerovci.

When did Milutin Morača die?

Milutin Morača died on 17 December 2003 in Belgrade.

What was Milutin Morača's occupation?

Milutin Morača was a political commissar.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Milutin Morača

· Wikidata: Q1567617

· DBpedia: Milutin Morača

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