Ivan S. Pavlović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Иван С. Павловић;

Užice Užice ( sr-cyr, Ужице, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Zlatibor District in western Serbia. It is located on the banks of the river Đetinja. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 59,747. The Cit ...

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, 1869 -

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, 1942) was a highly distinguished Serbian officer of the

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in World War I. He was the commander of the Army of the West, centered in

. After the war he was

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Biography

Ivan Pavlović was born in 1869 in the

in the town of

, where he graduated from elementary and secondary schools before enrolling and graduating from the

Military Academy A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

. His father Stojko Pavlović was a Serbian cavalry lieutenant, and his mother Lena was the daughter of

Nikola Lunjevica Nikola Milićević ( sr-cyr, Никола Милићевић, 1776 – 11 May 1842), known by his demonym as Nikola Lunjevica (Луњевица), was a Serbian Revolutionary and close comrade of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia, Prince Miloš ...

Serbian Revolution The Serbian Revolution ( sr, Српска револуција / ''Srpska revolucija'') was a national uprising and constitutional change in Serbia that took place between 1804 and 1835, during which this territory evolved from an Ottoman prov ...

fame. Pavlović was promoted to the rank of

in 1919 for mounting a successful offensive at

Krstac Krstac (Serbian Cyrillic: Крстац) is a mountain in central Serbia, near the town of Guča Guča (Serbian Cyrillic: Гуча, pronounced ) is a small town located in the Lučani municipality, Moravica District, Serbia. As of 2011 census, i ...

in 1914. When the Serbian troops retreated through the Albanians mountains in the middle of the winter of 1915-1916, Pavlović and his detachment covered the pass through the strait of

Ibar river The Ibar ( sr-cyrl, Ибар, ), also known as the Ibër and Ibri ( sq, Ibër, Ibri), is a river that flows through eastern Montenegro, northern Kosovo and central Serbia, with a total length of . The river begins in the Hajla mountain, in Roža ...

and

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and afterwards he provided shelter and food for the fatigued soldiers who survived the exhausting withdrawal to reach San Giovanni di Medua in summer 1915.

Military career

Divisional General Ivan Pavlović (1869-1943), the king's

adjutant Adjutant is a military appointment given to an officer who assists the commanding officer with unit administration, mostly the management of human resources in an army unit. The term is used in French-speaking armed forces as a non-commission ...

, brother of the queen's aunt Draga Obrenović, he graduated from the

in Belgrade, as well as the General Staff preparation for a military career. From 10 April to 29 May 1903, Pavlović was the King's Ordinance and Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Infantry Regiment. After the May coup, he was relieved of his duties, though kept his ranks in the military. From 7 July 1903, he was named commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment; from 1906-1907, he became a member of the

General Staff A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military un ...

. In the wars of 1912-1918, he was the Commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 1st Call; in the suppression of the Ohrid–Debar uprising, he was Commander of the Joint Detachment under

Radomir Putnik Radomir Putnik ( sr, Радомир Путник; ; 24 January 1847 – 17 May 1917) was the first Serbian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army in the Balkan Wars and in the First World War. He served in every war in ...

. He became Commander of the Užice United Brigade (1914-1915); Commander of the Užice Detachment (Užice Brigade, Donjovasojević Brigade and part of the Lim Detachment); Commander of the Užice Detachment (Lovčen and Kolašin brigades and the Studenica detachment); head of the adjutant department of the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army (1916-1918). After the war, he was the Chief of the History Department of the General Staff, Commander of the Kosovo Divisional Area.

Personal

Divisional General Ivan Pavlović (1869-1943) was married to Zora Dimitrijević (1882-1939), daughter of Stoiljko Dimitrijević, manager of the Post and Telegraph and sister of Colonel Svetolik Dimitrijević. The godparents at the wedding were Generals Vladimir Kondić and Dr. Mihailo PetrovićVid. M. Bjelajac, "Generals and Admirals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia", Belgrade 2004, p. 237.

Works

He published many works analyzing strategy, tactic and history in military publications, including a book: * ''Из Наше Офанзиве 1914: Бој На Крстацу Изнад Пожеге 22. Новембра 1914 Године'' (From Our Offesnsive 1914: Battle of

near Požega 22 November 1914) by Ivan S. Pavlović, General of Division (1928)

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