Velimir Terzich ( Serbochor. Velimir Terziћ / Velimir Terzić ; May 26, 1908 , Golubovtsi - December 13, 1983 , Belgrade ) - Yugoslav Montenegrin commander and historian, Major General of the Yugoslav People’s Army, participant in the People’s Liberation War of Yugoslavia .
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| serbohorv. Velimir Terziћ / Velimir Terzić | ||||||
| Date of Birth | May 26, 1908 | |||||
| Place of Birth | Golubovtsi , Principality of Montenegro | |||||
| Date of death | December 13, 1983 (75 years old) | |||||
| A place of death | Belgrade , SFRY | |||||
| Affiliation |  Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia | |||||
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| Years of service | 1940-1955 | |||||
| Rank | Colonel General | |||||
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| Retired | Institute of Military History | |||||
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Scientific works
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
Biography
Born May 26, 1908 in the city of Golubovtsi near Podgorica . He graduated from high school in Podgorica, entered the Military Academy in Belgrade in 1928 ( Arso Jovanovic studied with him). In 1938 he was promoted to captain of the 1st class. Since 1940, a member of the General Staff. In April 1941, he headed the headquarters of the Dinar Division , which was located in Sina . With a detachment of 300 people participated in battles against the Germans: for example, Terzich attacked a convoy of German armored vehicles moving towards Visegrad and was defeated. After the defeat of the column, Terzic retreated to Montenegro, where he began to collaborate with some officers of the Royal Yugoslav army and prepare for anti-Italian actions. He established contact with the captain Arso Jovanovic and lieutenant Petar Chetkovich .
During the July 13 uprising, Velimir commanded a detachment near Cetinje , and then under Plelev . In August 1941, he was admitted to the Communist Party of Yugoslavia , for which Colonel Dragolyub Mikhailovich declared Terzich a deserter, and the Yugoslav government in exile deprived the “deserter” of the rank of captain of the 1st class. After the retreat of the partisan forces from Serbia, Terzic was appointed chief of the General Staff of the partisans in Montenegro and the Bay of Kotor. In March 1942, the 5th proletarian Montenegrin shock brigade was formed , whose deputy commander he was appointed.
By order of the leadership of the partisan forces in Montenegro, Captain Terzic went to Croatia to organize further partisan actions, where he led the 4th operational zone. After the collapse of the Bihach Republic and the beginning of Operation Weiss, he was urgently summoned to the Supreme Headquarters, appointed assistant chief, and later joined the main staff. Before returning to Montenegro, he was promoted to majors, then to lieutenant colonels and colonels. May 1, 1943 promoted to major general, and November 1, 1943 - to lieutenant general (remained in this rank until the end of the war). Terzic was later sent back to Croatia, where he was appointed Chief of the Main Staff of the NOAA in Croatia. Having established himself as a skilled commander, Terzich received another message - Marshal Tito sent Terzich as head of the NOAA Military Mission along with Lieutenant General Milovan Djilas as a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
In April 1944, the Yugoslav mission flew to Moscow to conduct negotiations on cooperation between the command of the Red Army and the High Command of the NOAU, transferring reports from the fronts of the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia and the formation of the 1st Yugoslav Brigade in the USSR (later the 1st Tank Brigade of the NOAU). Terzich was appointed adviser on military affairs, Jilas - on political. By mid-April 1944, Terzich was already in Moscow, and in June 1944 he signed an agreement on material assistance to the USSR from Yugoslavia : financial resources went to the needs of the Supreme Headquarters and the preparation of further Yugoslav military missions. General Terzich reported on his successes by radio to the Supreme Headquarters from Moscow.
After the war, Terzich continued to serve in the Yugoslav army, resigning from there in 1955 with the rank of colonel general (produced in 1949). He served as Assistant Minister of People’s Defense, Army Commander, Head of the Higher Military Academy of the JNA, Chief Inspector of the JNA and Head of the Military Historical Institute, and Director General of Airlines Jat Airways from 1959 to 1960.
Cavalier of a number of orders and medals, including the Soviet Order of Suvorov, II degree [1] .
He died in Belgrade on December 13, 1983 .
Scientific Papers
Terzich is the author of many scientific and historical works on the events of the Second World War and military theory. After the resignation, he got a job at the Belgrade Military History Institute , where he published books, magazines and scientific articles. Among his books stand out:
- “Tactics of command” ( Serb. Commencement of command ), Belgrade, 1950
- “The April War” ( Serb. Aprilski Rat ), Titograd, 1983
- “The Collapse of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia” ( Serb. Slom Krajevine Ugoslavia 1941 ), books 1 and 2, Belgrade, 1986
- "The Yugoslav Army in the April War" ( Serb. Kugoslvenska Armiha at the April Military Hall ), Belgrade, 1987
Notes
Literature
- Gospodlosvensky savremenitsi - Ko ј e ko u Gugoslavia. Chronometar, Beograd 1970. Godina.
- War encyclopedia (kiga deveta) . Beograd 1975.
- War vocabulary. "Military Publishing Factory" Beograd, 1981. year.