Danilo "Dane" Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Дане Стојановић, 1904–18) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in

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and

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(1904–08), who also participated in the

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(1912–13). He was also known as Dane Krapče.

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Stojanović was born in Krapa, a village in the Makedonski Brod municipality, at the time part of the

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of the

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(now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia). He joined the '' cheta'' (band) of Gligor Sokolović. Upon the murder of Sokolović by Turks on July 30, 1910, Stojanović succeeded as the band's commander. He participated in the

. In the

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, he was at the front of the Chetnik detachments and fought at Kumanovo and Bitola.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Dane 20th-century Serbian people Serbian rebels Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars People from Makedonski Brod Municipality

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