Mihajlo Lukić

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Mihajlo Lukić (born 1886 - died 1961) was colonel brigader in the Yugoslav Royal Army and a general in the Croatian Home Guard.

At the start of the April War, Lukić headed the Triglav Alpine Detachment. From the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia in April of 1941 until June he headed the Osijek Division.[1] From July to October of 1941 he headed the Lika Brigade based in Bihać.[2] He also briefly served as liaison officer to the Second Italian Army and was inspector-general of the infantry.

From late 1941 until April 1943 he served as commander of the III Domobran Corps, covering much of the southern Independent State of Croatia. In 1942 he became outspoken against Croatian soldiers joining German units and claimed that German econimic interests were outweighing the interests of the new Croatian state.[3] He subsequently retired in 1943.[3]

He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment in Communist Yugoslavia.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Osijek Division
  2. ^ Lika Brigade
  3. ^ a b Marijan, Davor. Borbe za Kupres 1942. AGM. Zagreb, 1999.
  4. ^ Home Guard - Ground Army