The 27th Infantry Division Savska was an infantry formation of the Royal
Yugoslav Army's 4th Army during the German-led Axis invasion of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941. Commanded by August Marić, the
division was largely made up of Croat troops, many of whom saw the
Germans as potential liberators from Serbian oppression. It lacked
modern arms and sufficient ammunition, and like all Yugoslav infantry
divisions of the time, relied on animal transport. Upon mobilisation,
the division began to disintegrate due to fifth column actions,
rebellion and desertion. Its chief of staff countermanded orders for the
sabotage of a key bridge over the Drava river at Zákány, allowing the
German 14th Panzer Division to cross. In a single day, with overwhelming
air support, the panzers brushed aside the mostly Serbian remnants of
the division and captured Zagreb, covering nearly 160 km (100 mi) and
meeting little resistance (Yugoslav generals pictured). (This article
is part of a featured topic: 1st Army Group (Kingdom of Yugoslavia).).
Read more:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1925:
The novel The Great Gatsby by American author F. Scott
Fitzgerald was first published by Scribner's.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby>
1970:
In the midst of business disagreements with his bandmates, Paul
McCartney announced his departure from the Beatles.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney>
1973:
In the deadliest aviation accident in Swiss history, Invicta
International Airlines Flight 435 crashed into a hillside near
Hochwald, killing 108 people of 145 on board.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta_International_Airlines_Flight_435>
2019:
Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project released
the first image of a black hole (depicted), located at the center of the
galaxy M87.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_Horizon_Telescope>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
Taoiseach:
(Irish politics) The head of the government of Ireland, comparable to a
prime minister of a Commonwealth of Nations country.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Taoiseach>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those who aim at faultless regularity will only produce
mediocrity, and no one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and
unknown to themselves.
--William Hazlitt
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Hazlitt>