Croatian Partisans - Josip Broz Tito, Franjo Tu Man, Martin Pegelj, Branko Mikuli, Vladimir Nazor, Janko Bobetko, Josip Vrhovec (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Josip Broz Tito, Franjo Tu man, Martin pegelj, Branko Mikuli, Vladimir Nazor, Janko Bobetko, Josip Vrhovec, Maks Ba e Mili, Andrija Hebrang, Ivan Go njak, Josip Manoli, Vladimir Bakari, Ivo Lola Ribar, Ivan Ribar, Ivan Goran Kova i, Josip Boljkovac, Marko Ore kovi, Sveto Letica, Franjo Kluz, Rudi Kolak, Stjepan Filipovi, Ve eslav Holjevac, Jure Bili, Sisak People's Liberation Partisan Detachment, Velimir korpik, Rudi ajavec, Josip Kra, Vlado Bagat. Excerpt: Josip Broz Tito (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: born Josip Broz; Cyrillic script: 7 May 1892 - 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation. He gained international attention as the chief leader of the Non-Aligned Movement, working with Jawaharlal Nehru of India and Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt. Josip was born as the seventh child of Franjo and Marija Broz in the village of Kumrovec within Austria-Hungary (modern-day Croatia). Drafted into the army, he distinguished himself, becoming the youngest Sergeant Major in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Josip was sent to a work camp in the Ural Mountains, after being seriously wounded and captured by the Russians. He participated in the October Revolution, and later joined a Red Guard unit in Omsk. Upon his return home, Broz found himself in a newly created Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He was Secretary-General (later President) of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939-80), and went on to lead the World War II Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Yugoslav Partisans (1941-45). After the war, he was the Prime Minister (1943-63) and later President (195...