Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment

The Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment (Serbo-Croatian: Sisački narodnooslobodilački partizanski odred), also known as the 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment (1. Sisački partizanski odred), was the first armed anti-fascist resistance unit formed by a resistance movement in occupied Yugoslavia and Europe during World War II.[1]

Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment
LeadersVladimir Janjić-Capo
Dates of operation1941–1945
HeadquartersBrezovica forest
Part ofYugoslav Partisans
OpponentsAxis powers, Germany, Italy, NDH, Bulgaria, Chetniks

This first detachment of the Yugoslav Partisans was established in occupied Yugoslavia, in the Brezovica Forest near Sisak (in today's Croatia) on 22 June 1941, the day Germany invaded the Soviet Union. It had 79 members, mainly Croats with the exception of one notable Serb woman, Nada Dimić,[1] and was commanded by Vladimir Janjić-Capo.

This event marked the start of armed anti-fascist resistance in occupied Yugoslavia. Today, June 22 is commemorated in Croatia every year as a public holiday called the Anti-Fascist Struggle Day. Janko Bobetko, who 50 years later became one of the most prominent Croatian generals in Croatian War of Independence, was one of the founding members of this unit.[2]

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References
  1. Pavličević, Dragutin (2007). Povijest Hrvatske. Naklada Pavičić. pp. 441–42. ISBN 978-953-6308-71-2.
  2. {Mijo i Mirko (Dragan) bili su članovi prvog sisačkog partizanskog odreda osnovanom 22. lipnja 1941. u šumi Žabno pored Siska. 11. srpnja priključio im se i Janko, a kasnije i brat Mato}https://www.vecernji.hr/enciklopedija/janko-bobetko-18263
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