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Ivan Prezelj
Ivan Prezelj (29 August 1895 – 22 April 1973) was a Yugoslav military officer and commander of Blue Guard (Slovene), Blue Guard, a detachment of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in German-occupied Slovenia during the World War II. Before the Second World War, Prezelj was the Yugoslav military attache in Prague. Prezelj was initially subordinated to Major Karl Novak and Colonel Vladimir Vauhnik. After the defeat in the Battle of Grčarice, Major Novak resigned and Prezelj was appointed in his place by Draža Mihailović. Mihailović promoted Prezelj to the rank of General on 29 June or 1 December 1944. The headquarter of Prezelj was with Notranjska Detachment and Soča Detachment, Soča Detachments. Prezelj in Ljubljana met with Dimitrije Ljotić and Momčilo Đujić in 1945. In April 1945 Prezelj was appointed as commander of Slovenian People's Army while Mirko Bitanc was appointed as his deputy. After the World War II Prezelj escaped from Yugoslavia, Yugoslav authorities to Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Guard (Slovene)
The Blue Guard ( sl, Plava garda), also known as the Slovene Chetniks ( sl, Slovenski četniki, sh, Slovenački četnici), was a Slovenian anti-communist militia, initially under the leadership of Major Karl Novak and later Ivan Prezelj. Their official name was the Royal Yugoslav Army in Slovenia ( sh, Kraljevska jugoslovenska vojska u Sloveniji). The detachments under Novak's command were part of the wider "Yugoslav Army in the Homeland" (JVuO) that included units from all over Yugoslavia that swore allegiance to Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović. The ranks were drawn from Slovene officers in the pre-war Royal Yugoslav Army (JV). At first, the JV units in Slovenia that offered resistance were under the command of Jaka Avšič until his mid-1941 transfer to the Yugoslav Partisans. Based on direct appointment of Draža Mihailović, the commander of Slovenian Chetniks was Karel Novak. Slovenian Chetnik units included Styrian Chetnik detachment that was, according to some estimates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
