Milorad Petrović

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General
Milorad Petrović
Native name Милорад Петровић
Allegiance  Yugoslavia
Service/branch Royal Yugoslav Army
Rank General
Commands held 1st Army Group
Battles/wars Invasion of Yugoslavia (1941)

Milorad Petrović was a general in the Royal Yugoslav Army who commanded the 1st Army Group during the German-led Axis invasion of Yugoslavia of April 1941 during World War II.[1] Petrović's command consisted of the 4th Army of General Petar Nedeljković,[2] responsible for the Yugoslav-Hungarian border and deployed behind the Drava between Varazdin and Slatina,[3] and the 7th Army of General Dušan Trifunović,[2] which was responsible for the defence of the northwestern border with Italy and the Third Reich. Petrović's Army Group Reserve was located around and to the south of Zagreb.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Anic 2002, p. 31.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loi 1978, p. 43.
  3. ↑ U.S. Army 1986, p. 37.
  4. ↑ U.S. Army 1986, pp. 36–37.

References

  • Anic, Nikola (2002). Njemačka vojska u Hrvatskoj 1941–1945 [The German Army in Croatia 1941–1945] (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Hrvatski institut za povijest (Croatian Institute of History). ISBN 978-953-6491-77-3. 
  • Loi, Salvatore (1978). Le operazioni delle unità italiane in Jugoslavia (1941–1943): narrazione, documenti [The operations of Italian units in Yugoslavia (1941–1943): narrative, documents] (in Italian). Rome, Italy: Ministero della difesa (Ministry of Defence). OCLC 9194926. 
  • U.S. Army (1986) [1953]. The German Campaigns in the Balkans (Spring 1941). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. OCLC 16940402. CMH Pub 104-4. 
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