The Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment (), also known as the 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment (''1. Sisački partizanski odred''), was the first Partisan armed

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resistance unit formed in occupied Yugoslavia following the invasion of Yugoslavia by the

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in April 1941. It was formed by the outlawed Croatian Communist Party in the

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established on 10 April 1941, in the Brezovica Forest near Sisak (in today's

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) on 22 June 1941, the day

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invaded the

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. It had 79 members, mainly

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with the exception of one notable Serb woman, Nada Dimić, and was commanded by Vladimir Janjić-Capo. This event marked the start of armed

resistance in occupied Yugoslavia. In modern Croatia, 22 June is commemorated as a

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— the Anti-Fascist Struggle Day. The detachment began resistance activities the day after its creation; launching sabotage and diversionary attacks on nearby railway lines, destroying telegraph poles, attacking municipal buildings in surrounding villages, seizing arms and ammunition and creating a Communist propaganda network in Sisak and nearby villages. The uprising of the Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment was largely ignored in official Yugoslav historiography that instead claimed that the first uprising in Yugoslavia was the one launched two weeks later in

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, led by Tito. In the post-war

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, the date of the Srb uprising (27 July) was declared a public holiday, known as the "Day of the Uprising of the People of Croatia", also sidelining the uprising of the Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment. Janko Bobetko, who 50 years later became one of the most prominent Croatian generals in

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, joined the unit in July 1941.https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/janko-bobetko-18263

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* {{Yugoslav Partisans military units Detachments of the Yugoslav Partisans Military units and formations established in 1941 Croatia in World War II Sisak

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