Mijači ( sr-cyr, Мијачи) is a village in the Brestovac municipality of the Požega-Slavonia County,

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. According to the 2001 census, there were 18 inhabitants in the village. The village is connected by the D38 state road.

History

The village was known as Mihači until 1900. During the

World War II in Yugoslavia World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the US ...

, in 1943, the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

formed the 18th National Liberation Brigade in the village, in which the fighters of the 1st and 2nd Slavonian NOP Units, including the whole 2nd Band of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd NOP Unit were joined. In 1944, the Croatian fascist

Ustaše The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaš ...

had set up camp in the village, with 45 soldiers, and the Partisan Ljubuški battalion had driven them out after an hour.Ivo Smoljan, Neretva, KLEK, 1988, p. : "PO sa jedinicama Ljubuškog bataljona napali su neprijateljski garnizon u Mijači u kome je bilo 45 ustaša. Poslije jednog sata borbe neprijatelj je bio protjeran." In the prelude of the

Croatian War The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugos ...

, the village was part of the SAO Western Slavonia, and subsequently the

Republic of Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sh, Република Српска Крајина, italics=no / or РСК / ''RSK'', ), known as the Serbian Krajina ( / ) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state, ...

. *1857: 115 *1869: 130 *1880: 166 *1890: 133 *1900: 172 *1910: 371 *1921: 205 *1931: 281

Sources

Populated places in Požega-Slavonia County {{PožegaSlavonia-geo-stub