Dragoslav Miljković
General Dragoslav Miljković | |
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| Native name | Драгослав Миљковић |
| Allegiance |  Yugoslavia |
| Service | Royal Yugoslav Army |
| Rank | Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
| Commands | 2nd Army |
| Battles / wars | Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) |
Dragoslav Miljković was an Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 2nd Army during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II.[1]
Biography
[edit]Miljković's command consisted of the 10th Infantry Division Bosanska, 17th Infantry Division Vrbaska and 30th Infantry Division Osiječka. The 2nd Army was responsible for the border from Slatina to the Danube.[2]
He was captured by the Germans and taken to a prison camp.
He was the head of the prison camp in Osnabrück, where he fell ill and spent half a year in the camp hospital.
He returned to his home country after liberation. The new communist authorities sentenced him to 3 years in prison with forced labor.
He died on May 24, 1953, in Belgrade.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Loi 1978, p. 44.
- ^ U.S. Army 1986, p. 37.
References
[edit]- Loi, Salvatore (1978). Le operazioni delle unità italiane in Jugoslavia (1941–1943): narrazione, documenti [The operations of Italian units in Yugoslavia (1941–1943): narrative, documents] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Ministero della difesa (Ministry of Defence). OCLC 9194926.
- U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4. Archived from the original on 2009-06-19. Retrieved 2013-09-22.