Jovan Žižić Military person

Jovan Žižić (Serbian: Јован Жижић) (1874, Drobnjak – January 20, 1945 Pljevlja) was one of the key commanders of the Montenegrin Army in the period before and after the First World War. Žižić commanded the famed Drobnjačko-Uskočka brigade of the Montenegrin army during the Battle of Mojkovac, a sacrificial effort by the Montenegrins to stop the Austrian army and allow the safe retreat of Serbian troops towards Albania.In 1941, the retired commander Žižić was arrested with his oldest son Milan, as a key patriot by the Italian army that occupied Montenegro during the Second World War. Following their arrest, they were both shot dead in the city of Pljevlja, without a trial.

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Jovan Žižić
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1874
Birth place
Montenegro , Drobnjak
Date of deathJanuary 20, 1941
Place of death
Montenegro , Pljevlja , Yugoslavia

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Military person

allegianceMontenegro Yugoslavia
military operations
Battle of Mojkovac
World War I
military commandDrobnjačko-Uskočka divizija
service start1896
service end1930

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