Veselin Misita

Veselin Misita
Born	(1904-03-19)19 March 1904 Buna, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	31 August 1941(1941-08-31) (aged 37) Loznica, Serbia
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia Chetniks
Service / branch	Jadar Chetnik detachment
Years of service	1934–1941
Rank	Lieutenant colonel, Colonel (posthumously)
Battles / wars	World War II Battle of Loznica †
Awards	Order of Karađorđe's Star

Veselin Misita (Serbian Cyrillic: Веселин Мисита; 19 March 1904 – 31 August 1941) was a Serb military commander holding the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Royal Yugoslav Army during World War II.[1]

Misita is best known for leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941 in which he was killed.[2] Loznica became the first city in Europe liberated of fascists in August 1941.[3]

Death and legacy

Misita was killed while leading the victorious Battle of Loznica in 1941.

Josip Broz Tito's biographer Vladimir Dedijer described Misita's death as a great loss for the uprising.[4] On 31 August 2008, the deputy speaker of the Serbian National Assembly, Božidar Delić of the Serbian Radical Party, dedicated a plaque to Misita in the Vuk Karadžić Square in Loznica.[5] One of the people present was the man that had applied for the plaque to be installed, Božidar Panić, who had idolised Misita in his youth, and had lit a candle for him every year.[6]

Misita is a maternal relation to Vojislav Šešelj, whose mother's maiden name was Danica Misita.[7]

References

1. Trbojević, D. Cersko-majevička grupa korpusa pukovnika Dragoslava Račića (2001). ^[page needed]
2. Šnuderl, Makso (1994). Dnevnik 1941-1945: V partizanih. Založba Obzorja. p. 152. ISBN 978-86-377-0739-4. Bil je zavzet. Žrtve napadalcev so bile občutne. Nemci so se izvlekli, no sam Misita je padel. Dalje so zavzeli Banjo Kobiljačo, ...
3. Blic, Decenijama palio sveću zaboravljenom heroju, blic.rs; accessed 24 October 2016.
4. Dedijer 1990, p. 491. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDedijer1990 (help)
5. Vesti & 31 August 2008. sfn error: no target: CITEREFVesti31_August_2008 (help)
6. Pajić & 4 September 2011. sfn error: no target: CITEREFPajić4_September_2011 (help)
7. Vesti (2014-11-09). "Ličnost nedelje: Vojislav Šešelj" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-12-22.

External links

• "Otkrivena spomen-ploča potpukovniku Misiti". pressonline.rs. 31 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2024.