- Mihajlo Lukić
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Mihajlo LukićBorn 1886 Died July 18, 1961 Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Independent State of CroatiaRank Croatian Home Guard-General pješaštva Mihajlo Lukić (1886 – July 18, 1961) was colonel brigadier in the Yugoslav Royal Army and a general in the Croatian Home Guard.
At the start of the April War, Lukić headed the Triglav Alpine Detachment. From the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia in April 1941 until June he headed the Osijek Division.[1] From July to October 1941 he headed the Lika Brigade based in Bihać.[2] He also briefly served as liaison officer to the Second Italian Army and was inspector-general of the infantry.
From late 1941 until April 1943 he served as commander of the III Domobran Corps, covering much of the southern Independent State of Croatia. In 1942 he became outspoken against Croatian soldiers joining German units and claimed that German economic interests were outweighing the interests of the new Croatian state.[3] He subsequently retired in 1943.[3]
He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Communist Yugoslavia.[4] He is buried at Mirogoj cemetery.[5]
References
- ^ Osijek Division
- ^ Lika Brigade
- ^ a b Marijan, Davor. Borbe za Kupres 1942. AGM. Zagreb, 1999.
- ^ Home Guard - Ground Army
- ^ Mihajlo Lukić, Gradsko groblje
Categories:- 1886 births
- 1961 deaths
- Croatian people of World War II
- Croatian Home Guard personnel
- Collaboration during World War II
- Collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Collaborators with Fascist Italy
- Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
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