Aleksandar Mišić

Aleksandar "Aca" Mišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Аца Мишић; 17 June 1891 – 17 December 1941) was a Serbian military commander holding the rank of Major.[1]


Aleksandar Mišić
Mišić in a Royal Yugoslav uniform
Birth nameAleksandar Mišić
Nickname(s)Aca
Born(1891-06-17)17 June 1891
Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Died17 December 1941(1941-12-17) (aged 50)
Valjevo, Nazi-occupied Serbia
Buried
Unknown
Allegiance Kingdom of Serbia
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Chetniks
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1912–1922
1941
RankMajor
Battles/warsFirst Balkan War
Second Balkan War
World War I in Serbia
World War II in Yugoslavia 
Awards
  • Order of the Star of Karadjordje
RelationsŽivojin Mišić (father)

In December 2016, Serbian historian Miloslav Samardžić of Pogledi published an article stating that Mišić may have actually died in 1944 and not in 1941.[2]

References

  1. D. Trbojević, Cersko-majevička grupa korpusa pukovnika Dragoslava Račića, published 2001.
  2. Pogledi (2016-12-25). "Mišić and Fregl were not executed in 1941" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2017-01-02.

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