Uroš Tešanović

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Uroš M. Tešanović (Serbian: Урош М. Тешановић;

April War in 1941 when Nazi Germany attacked and invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Before that, he served as the 25th Dean of the Academic Board the Military Academy where he also taught and authored military textbooks.[2]

Biography

He was born on 31 January 1891 in Bosanska Krupa to father Mića, a merchant and mother Mileva. He had a brother, Boško, who was an engineer. Uroš Tešanović finished elementary school in his hometown and high school in

Austro-Hungarian citizen at the time, he secretly left and went to live in Belgrade, then Kingdom of Serbia. In 1907 he enrolled at the Military Academy as a cadet. He finished at the top of his class. [3] [4] [5]

Active service

After completing his schooling, he was promoted to artillery

First World War. [6] [4] [5]

He was released from the camp on 16 October 1918 and joined the Supreme Command of the

France to study military tactics at the St. Cyr Military Academy. Upon his return on 14 April 1928, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Bregalnica Divisional Area with headquarters in Štip. On 13 June 1929 he was assigned to the post of military attaché in Prague. [6] [4]

While in Prague He was promoted to the rank of artillery

April War caught him in that position and he remained there until the capitulation of the Yugoslav Army on 18 April 1941. [3] [4]

Captivity and remaining in exile

He was captured by members of the Wehrmacht on 24 April 1941 in Belgrade and interned in the prisoner-of-war camps in Nazi Germany. He spent most of his time in Nuremberg and Osnabrück along with the 215 Yugoslav generals and admirals captured out of 240.[7] In mid- or late-1942, in the Nuremberg camp Oflag XIII-B[7] ,

Army General Dimitrije Živković who became the head of the Oflag IV-C camp in Osnabrück.[13]

After the

heart attack. Uroš Tešanović was buried on 22 December at the Serbian Military Cemetery in Osnabrück. [6] [4] [5]

Family

He got married in 1919 to Nadežda, the daughter of Petar Milenković, lawyer and secretary of the

Court of Cassation in Belgrade. They had two daughters, Jovanka, who was a doctor, and Ljubica, an associate in the Royal SANU. [4]

References

  1. ISBN 9788670050396
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  2. ^ Nemačko - srpskohravstki rečnik vojnih i vojno - tehničkih reči i izraza
  3. ^ a b Popović & Marčesku 2000, p. 67-69.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Bjelajac 2004, p. 289-290.
  5. ^ a b c Miletić 2009, p. 288.
  6. ^ a b c Popović & Marcescu 2000, p. 67-69.
  7. ^ a b c "Iz nemačkih logora u savezničke: U nacističkim kazamatima bilo je i 215 generala kraljevske vojske". NOVOSTI.
  8. ISBN 9788678710056
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  10. ^ Ratna sećanja, 1941-1945: Aktivista jugoslovenskog revolucionarnog radnickog pokreta. Kultura. 1961.
  11. ^ Izmedju crnog i crvenog fašizma. U osnabričkom logoru, 1941-45. Prilog: Skica Osnabričkog logora. Savez "Oslobodjenje". 1962.
  12. ^ U žicama. 1961.
  13. ^ Recueil des travaux du Musée national. Narodni Muzej Čačak. 2009.
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