Bogoljub Ilić (

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: Богољуб Илић; 22 February 1881 – 23 April 1965) was a Serbian ''Armijski đeneral'' with the

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who was briefly Minister for the Army and Navy prior and during the

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invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941. He was then Minister of the Army and Navy in exile from August 1941 to January 1942.

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Milovanović was born in

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011 ...

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in 1881. He was commissioned in 1900 and held several staff positions during the Balkan Wars and

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. He was promoted to ''brigadni đeneral'' in 1925, after which he served in a variety of appointments, including chief of staff of the 5th Army, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, and 2nd Deputy Chief of the General Staff. In September 1936, he was appointed to command the 2nd Army at

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilic, Bogoljub 1881 births 1956 deaths Military personnel from Požarevac Royal Serbian Army soldiers Serbian military personnel of World War I 20th-century Serbian people Serbian generals People of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Royal Yugoslav Army personnel of World War II