- Petar Bojović
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name=Petar Bojović
lived=16 July ,1858 –20 January ,1945 (age 86)
placeofbirth=Miševići , Serbia
placeofdeath=Belgrade ,Yugoslavia
caption=Petar Bojović
allegiance=Serbia , Yugoslavia
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rank=Vojvoda
commands=Serbian 1st Army
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battles=Serbian-Ottoman Wars,Balkan Wars ,World War 1
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currentlyresides=Petar Bojović ( _sr. Петар Бојовић) (born
July 16 1858 inMiševići nearNova Varoš , diedJanuary 20 1945 in Belgrade) was one of fourSerbia n vojvodas (field-marshal ) inBalkan Wars andWorld War I .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 XX century.
In
Balkan Wars , he was the Chief of Staff of the 1st Serbian army, which scored huge success in battles of Kumanovo, Bitola (First Balkan War ) and Bregalnica (Second Balkan War ). He took part in peace negotiations with Turkey, held inLondon in 1913, as a military expert in the Serbian Government delegation.In World War I, his 1st Army suffered huge losses at
Battle of Drina , but managed to stop theAustro-Hungarian offensive. Bojović was wounded in the battle, and was replaced at the army general position byŽivojin Mišić . In January 1916, he was appointed Chief of General Staff in place of the ailing dukeRadomir Putnik , who was carried by his soldiers to the city ofSkadar . He held that position until June 1918, when he resigned because of dispute with the allied generals on the issue of widening ofThessaloniki Front . He retook the position Chief of 1st Army, which first broke the enemy lines and advanced deep into the occupied territory. He received the title of Duke on September 26, 1918 for his contribution during the war.In 1921, he was appointed the Head of the General Staff, and 1922 he withdrawn from the active service. At the very beginning of World War II, Petar Bojovic was appointed Assistant to the Chief of General Staff, the young King Petar II Karađorđević. However, because of his old age, he did not participate in the events that followed.
ee also
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Stepa Stepanović
*Živojin Mišić
*Radomir Putnik
*Louis Franchet d'Espérey External links
* [http://www.vj.yu/english/en_vojna_istorija/en_bojovic.htm Official site of Army of Serbia and Montenegro]
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