Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962) was a Bosnian Serb politician and self-appointed Chetnik commander in the Herzegovina region of Yugoslavia during the Second World War. He was a member of the inter–war Chetnik Association and the Organisation of Yugoslav Nationalists party in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a Yugoslav National Party member of the National Assembly, and a leader of the opposition during King Alexander's dictatorship. Following the invasion of Yugoslavia by the Axis in April 1941, he became a Chetnik leader in Herzegovina and joined the Chetnik movement of Draža Mihailović, although he often operated independently from Mihailović. Jevđević collaborated with the Italians and later the Germans in actions against the Yugoslav Partisans. During a joint Italian-Chetnik Operation Alfa, Jevđević's Chetniks, along with other Chetnik forces, were responsible for killing between 500 and 1,700 Bosnian Muslim and Catholic civilians in the Prozor region in October 1942. His force also participated in one of the largest Axis anti-Partisan operations of the war, Case White, in the winter of 1943. In the spring of 1945, he fled to Italy where he resided until his death.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1842:
Nabucco, an opera by Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation as a composer, premiered at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabucco
1910:
A massive seventeen-month-long strike action, which at its peak involved 15,000 coal miners represented by the United Mine Workers across 65 mines, began in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmoreland_County_coal_strike_of_1910%E2%80%931911
1915 - The Panama–California Exposition (guide book pictured) opened in San Diego's Balboa Park, celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama%E2%80%93California_Exposition
1925:
The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%27s_War
1956:
In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet military troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de- Stalinization policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Georgian_demonstrations
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
win-win: Of a situation or outcome that benefits two parties, or that has two distinct benefits. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/win-win
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all. --Vita Sackville-West https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West