- Ilija Trifunović
Ilija Trifunović (born 1877 in
Topola — diedFebruary 3 1943 inSplit ) was a Serbian soldier andvoivode in theChetniks .He served in the
Balkan Wars , as well as theFirst World War . He gained the rank of voivode within the Chetnik movement in 1916. From 1929 to 1932, during a period in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia when other political parties were banned, Trifunović served as president of the Association of Serb Chetniks for Freedom and the Fatherland. [ [http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2003/05/26/srpski/F03052501.shtml www.glas-javnosti.co.yu ] ] After 1932 he led the SerbianNarodna Odbrana .With the defeat of the Kingdom in 1941, Trifunović moved to
Split , under control of fascist Italy, from where he commanded the Chetnik army over large parts of theIndependent State of Croatia andDalmatia . [ [http://www.vojska.net/eng/biography/dj/djujic/momcilo/ Momcilo Djujic (Momčilo Đujić) (1907 - 1999)] ]He died in
Split in 1943.References
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