Petar Bojović

Petar Bojović (, ; 16 July 1858 – 19 January 1945) was a Serbian and Yugoslav military commander who fought in the Serbo-Turkish War, the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the First Balkan War, the Second Balkan War, and World War I. He was briefly the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Yugoslav Royal Army in World War II, but played no real part in the conduct of the defence of Yugoslavia when it was invaded by the Axis powers in April 1941.

Following the breakthrough on the Thessaloniki Front of World War I, he became the fourth Serbian officer promoted to field marshal.

Life Early life Bojović was born on 16 July 1858 in Miševići, Nova Varoš.

He fought in Serbian-Ottoman Wars from 1876 to 1878 as a cadet of the Artillery school, as well as in wars that Serbia waged at the beginning of the 20th century. He was Chief of the General Staff for the first time from 1905 to 1908.

Bojović was not buried with military and state honors, but privately. This was expected as Bojović was a commander of the Yugoslav Royal Army that capitulated in 1941 and state that didn't exist anymore. Two members of OZNA were present at his funeral. |- Order of the Karađorđe's Star, Grand Officer Order of the Karađorđe's Star, Commander Order of the Karađorđe's Star, Knight Order of the Karađorđe's Star with Swords, Grand Officer Order of the Karađorđe's Star with Swords, Commander Order of the Karađorđe's Star with Swords, Officer Order of the White Eagle, Commander Order of the White Eagle, Officer Order of the White Eagle, Knight Order of the White Eagle with swords, Grand Officer Order of the White Eagle with swords, Knight Order of the Yugoslav Crown, Knight Grand Cross Order of St. Sava, Commander Order of the Cross of Takovo, Grand Officer Order of the Cross of Takovo, Commander Order of the Cross of Takovo, Officer Order of the Cross of Takovo, Knight

Medal for Bravery Commemorative medal of the King Petar I Commemorative medal of the wars with Turkey 1876-1878 Commemorative medal of the war with Bulgaria 1885 Commemorative Medal of the First Balkan War Commemorative Medal of the Second Balkan War Commemorative Medal of the First World War Commemorative Medal of the Albanian Campaign

Order of St Michael and St George, Knight Commander (United Kingdom) Order of St Michael and St George, Companion (United Kingdom) Order of Franz Joseph, Knight (Austria-Hungary) Legion of Honour, Grand Officer (France) Legion of Honour, Commandeur (France) Legion of Honour, Officer (France) Legion of Honour, Chevalier (France) War Cross 1914–1918, Bronze palm (France) Order of the Redeemer, Grand Commander (Greece) Order of the Redeemer, Gold Cross (Greece) Order of Saint Alexander (Bulgaria), II class (Kingdom of Bulgaria) Order of Military Merit, II class (Bulgaria) Order of Civil Merit, II class (Bulgaria) Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Knight Grand Cross (Italy) Order of the Dannebrog, Knight (Kingdom of Denmark) Order of Saint Vladimir, III class (Russian Empire) Order of St. George with swords, III class (Russian Empire)