Peko Dapčević

Peko Dapčević

Petar "Peko" Dapčević (25 June 1913 – 13 February 1999) was a famous Montenegrin and Yugoslav communist who fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegro, and became commander of the Yugoslav 1st and 4th Armies.

General Dapčević led the Partisan troops that, along with Soviet Red Army under General Vladimir Zhdanov, liberated Belgrade on October 20, 1944. He was the first person to be proclaimed as honorary citizen of Belgrade. In 1953 Dapčević was named Chief of the Yugoslav General Staff, but was demoted as a result of being indirectly involved in the Đilas troubles with the party.

Born in the village of Ljubotinj (near Cetinje), Kingdom of Montenegro, his father Jovan was an Orthodox deacon and his brother was Vlado Dapčević.

Dapčević died at the age of 86 in his home in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia.

Military offices
Preceded by Koča Popović	Chief of the General Staff of Yugoslav People's Army 27 January 1953 – 29 April 1955	Succeeded by Ljubo Vučković
Sporting positions
Preceded by New position	President of the KK Partizan 1945 – 1947	Succeeded by Sveta Šaper

Yugoslav people in World War II

Partisans	Josip Broz Tito Milovan Đilas Aleksandar Ranković Kosta Nađ Peko Dapčević Koča Popović Petar Drapšin Svetozar Vukmanović Arso Jovanović Sava Kovačević Ivan Gošnjak Franc Rozman

Chetniks	Draža Mihailović Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin Dobroslav Jevđević Pavle Đurišić Momčilo Đujić Nikola Kalabić Vojislav Lukačević Petar Baćović Jezdimir Dangić

Germany	Maximilian von Weichs Alexander Löhr Edmund Glaise-Horstenau Artur Phleps Franz Böhme Paul Bader Lothar Rendulic Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig

Italy	Mario Roatta Alessandro Pirzio Biroli

Albania	Xhafer Deva Rexhep Mitrovica Xhem Hasa Gajur Deralla Aćif Hadžiahmetović

Croatia	Ante Pavelić Dido Kvaternik Mladen Lorković

Serbia	Milan Nedić Dimitrije Ljotić Kosta Pećanac Kosta Mušicki

Montenegro	Sekula Drljević

Slovenia	Leon Rupnik

see also World War II in Yugoslavia and Factions in the Yugoslav Front

Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav People's Army

Arso Jovanović (1945–1948)
Koča Popović (1948–1953)
Peko Dapčević (1953–1955)
Ljubo Vučković (1955–1961)
Rade Hamović (1961–1967)
Miloš Šumonja (1967–1970)
Viktor Bubanj (1970–1972)
Stane Potočar (1972–1979)
Branko Mamula (1979–1982)
Petar Gračanin (1982–1985)
Zorko Čanadi (1985–1987)
Stevan Mirković (1987–1989)
Blagoje Adžić (1989–1992)
Života Panić (1992)

XV International Brigade – "Abraham Lincoln"

Commanders	János Gálicz (Jan–Feb 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Feb–Jul 1937) Klaus Becker (Jul–Aug 1937) Vladimir Ćopić (Aug 1937–Mar 1938) Robert Hale Merriman (Mar–Apr 1938) Vladimir Ćopić (Apr–May 1938) José Antonio Valledor Álvarez (May–Sep 1938)

Battalions	British Battalion Lincoln Battalion (incl. American Medical Bureau & Connolly Column) Dimitrov Battalion Sixth of February Battalion 24 Battalion Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion Washington Battalion

People	Bill Alexander Edward K. Barsky James Walker Benét Alvah Bessie Delmer Berg Herman Bottcher Edward A. Carter Jr. Christopher Caudwell Lewis Clive Morris Cohen Fred Copeman John Cornford Jock Cunningham Peko Dapčević Carmelo Delgado Delgado Charles Donnelly Bob Doyle Petar Drapšin Frank Edwards Leo Eloesser Moe Fishman John Gates Jason Gurney William Herrick Robert Hilliard Jack Jones Robert Klonsky Oliver Law Laurie Lee Maurice Levitas Yank Levy Alex McDade Kosta Nađ Conlon Nancarrow George Nathan Steve Nelson Michael O'Riordan Thomas Patten Will Paynter Koča Popović Harry Wayland Randall Esmond Romilly Frank Ryan Alfred Sherman George Sossenko Stephen Spender Wally Tapsell Robert G. Thompson Tom Wintringham Milton Wolff

Political parties	Communist Party USA Communist Party of Great Britain Communist Party of Canada Communist Party of Ireland Republican Congress League of Communists of Yugoslavia Communist Party of Cuba

Related	International Brigades Communist International Yankee Squadron International Brigade Memorial Trust Jarama Valley Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Viva la Quinta Brigada Jewish volunteers Yugoslav volunteers Irish volunteers Yugoslav Partisans Atomic spies Smith Act

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 8713450 LCCN: n81108055 ISNI: 0000 0001 0868 2569 BNF: cb12959783n (data)

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