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August Marić

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August Marić
Born25 March 1885
Died17 November 1957(1957-11-17) (aged 72)
AllegianceAustria-Hungary
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Independent State of Croatia
RankAustro-Hungarian Army - Staff Captain
Royal Yugoslav Army - Major General
Croatian Home Guard - Lieutenant General
CommandsChief of staff, Croatian Home Guard May–September 1941

August Marić (25 March 1885 – 17 November 1957) was a Yugoslav soldier who later served as senior member of the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. In the 1941 April War he commanded a division of the Royal Yugoslav Army. He was the first chief-of-staff of the Croatian Home Guard when it was created in May 1941, but was removed from his post and retired that September, probably because the Ustaše leadership did not trust him.[1] He was succeeded as chief-of-staff by Vladimir Laxa. Together with minister Mladen Lorković, Marić signed the treaty establishing the border between the Independent State of Croatia and the German Reich.

He is buried in Mirogoj cemetery.[2]

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  • Tomasevich, Jozo (2001). War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945: Occupation and Collaboration. Vol. 2. San Francisco: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804736154.