Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945) was a Montenegrin Serb officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander during World War II. He was one of the commanders of the popular uprising against the Italians in Montenegro in July 1941, then collaborated with the Italians against the Yugoslav Partisans. In 1943, troops under his command carried out several massacres against the Muslim population of Bosnia, Herzegovina and the Sandžak and participated in an anti-Partisan offensive alongside Italian troops. He was captured by the Germans in May 1943, escaped and was recaptured. He was released after the Italian surrender and began collaborating with the Germans and the Serbian puppet government, creating the Montenegrin Volunteer Corps with German assistance. In late 1944, he was decorated with the Iron Cross 2nd Class by the German commander in Montenegro. He was killed by elements of the Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia near Banja Luka after he was captured in an apparent trap. Đurišić was a very able Yugoslav Chetnik leader, and his fighting skills were respected by his allies and opponents alike.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1111:
Henry V, the last ruler of the Salian dynasty, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
1813:
A "miserable" new parish church for Reculver was consecrated, replacing a 1,144-year-old church which had been mostly demolished in 1809, despite being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon church architecture and sculpture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reculver
1945:
World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces captured Vienna in German-occupied Austria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Offensive
1958:
In the midst of the Cold War, American pianist Van Cliburn won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Cliburn
1984:
Indian forces launched Operation Meghdoot, a preemptive attack on the disputed Siachen Glacier region of Kashmir, triggering a military conflict with Pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siachen_conflict
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
pink slime: 1. (paper manufacture) An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper. 2. (informal) A meat byproduct produced from otherwise unusable material such as skin and connective tissue, spinal bones, and digestive tissue by heating and then mixing with ammonia in a centrifuge to produce a food additive. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pink_slime
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Over the mountains, And over the waves, Over the fountains, And under the graves; Over the floods that are deepest, Which do Neptune obey; Over the rocks that are steepest, Love will find out the way. --Thomas Percy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Percy