Emil Vojnović von Belobreska (also Emil Woinovich; 23 April 1851 – 13 February 1927) was an Austro-Hungarian Army general and historian from the

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who until 1915 was the director of the War Archives in Vienna. He also authored 11 books, mainly on war history. A street in Vienna is named after him.

Early life and military career

Vojnović was born in

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, then part of the

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, 23 April 1851. He attended the

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from 1866 to 1870. He attended the k.u.k. War College from 1873 to 1875. From 1892 to 1896 he was the head of the

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. Vojnović was promoted to

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in 1903 and

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in 1908. Vojnović was given the title of ''von Belobreska'' in the Hungarian-Croatian nobility in 1908 and was subsequently also given the title of ''

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'' in the

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in 1916. He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Science in Vienna. Vojnović is buried in Vienna's

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Works

*Battles in Lika, Croatia and Dalmatia (Kämpfe in der Lika, in Kroatien und Dalmatien), 1906 *Battles in Southern France 1815 (Kämpfe im Süden Frankreichs 1814), 1912

Awards

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III. Class, 1896 * Order of Leopold, 1906 *

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, 1908

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