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Radojica Perišić
Radojica Perišić (1906 — April 1945) was a Serbian priest and Chetnik leader and one of the main leaders of the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina during the World War II. Perišić was born in Kazanci 1906. During the World War II he was commander of the Chetnik Gacko Brigade. Perišić was killed by Ustaše in April 1945. The post-war communist historiography intentionally ignored the June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina because it would contradict the communist narrative about rebels being led by communists. In the period after the Fall of the Berlin Wall Gacko municipality proclaimed 6 June as their holiday in honor of the beginning of the uprising and held public ceremonies on 6 June as the ''Day of Gacko''. World War II June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina At the beginning of the World War II Perišić was a priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Kazanci, Gacko, Eastern Herzegovina. When population of Eastern Herzegovina was subjected to genoc ...
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Gacko
Gacko ( sr-cyrl, Гацко) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the region of East Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), East Herzegovina. As of 2013, the town has a population of 5,784 inhabitants, while the municipality has 8,990 inhabitants. Geography The municipality covers an area of , making it one of the largest municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is near the state border with Montenegro. History Middle Ages In the 14th century the region was governed by the powerful Vojinović noble family, Vojinović family. In 1359, ''veliki čelnik'' Dimitrije (veliki čelnik), Dimitrije controlled the region. Ottoman period The rebels were defeated at the field of Gacko. This was ultimately due to the lack of foreign support. Modern history Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian authorities took it over in 1878, a decision which was made at the Congress of Berlin, Berlin Congress. In 1908, Austria-Hungary a ...
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Vratkovići
Vratkovići ( sr-cyrl, Вратковићи) is a village in the municipality of Gacko, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ....Official results from the book: Ethnic composition of Bosnia-Herzegovina population, by municipalities and settlements, 1991. census, Zavod za statistiku Bosne i Hercegovine - Bilten no.234, Sarajevo 1991. References Villages in Republika Srpska Populated places in Gacko {{Gacko-geo-stub ...
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Chetnik Personnel Killed In World War II
The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist movement and Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla force in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia. Although it was not a homogeneous movement, it was led by Draža Mihailović. While it was anti-Axis powers, Axis in its long-term goals and engaged in marginal resistance activities for limited periods, it also engaged in tactical or selective Collaborationism, collaboration with Axis forces for almost all of the war. The Chetnik movement adopted a policy of collaboration with regard to the Axis, and engaged in cooperation to one degree or another by both establishing a ''modus vivendi'' and operating as "legalised" auxiliary forces under Axis control. Over a period of time, and in different parts of the country, the movement was progressively drawn into collaborat ...
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