General Dragoslav Miljković | |
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Native name | Драгослав Миљковић |
Allegiance | Yugoslavia |
Service/ | Royal Yugoslav Army |
Rank | Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
Commands held | 2nd Army |
Battles/wars | Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) |
Dragoslav Miljković was an Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 2nd Army during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II. [1]
Miljković's command consisted of the 10th Infantry Division Bosanska, 17th Infantry Division Vrbaska and 30th Infantry Division Osiječka. The 2nd Army was responsible for the border from Slatina to the Danube. [2]
He was captured by the Germans and taken to a prison camp.
He was the head of the prison camp in
Osnabrück, where he fell ill and spent half a year in the camp hospital.
He returned to his home country after liberation. The new communist authorities sentenced him to 3 years in prison with forced labor.
He died on May 24, 1953, in Belgrade.
General Dragoslav Miljković | |
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Native name | Драгослав Миљковић |
Allegiance | Yugoslavia |
Service/ | Royal Yugoslav Army |
Rank | Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
Commands held | 2nd Army |
Battles/wars | Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941) |
Dragoslav Miljković was an Army general (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 2nd Army during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II. [1]
Miljković's command consisted of the 10th Infantry Division Bosanska, 17th Infantry Division Vrbaska and 30th Infantry Division Osiječka. The 2nd Army was responsible for the border from Slatina to the Danube. [2]
He was captured by the Germans and taken to a prison camp.
He was the head of the prison camp in
Osnabrück, where he fell ill and spent half a year in the camp hospital.
He returned to his home country after liberation. The new communist authorities sentenced him to 3 years in prison with forced labor.
He died on May 24, 1953, in Belgrade.