Dušan Trifunović (1 March 1880 – 28 February 1942) was a divisional general'' was equivalent to a

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. in the

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who commanded the 7th Army during the

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invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during

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. Trifunović's command consisted of one

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, one divisional-strength mountain detachment, two brigade-strength mountain detachments and a brigade-strength infantry detachment. The 7th Army was responsible for the defence of the northwestern border with

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and the Third Reich.

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